OUR YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAM
We provide direct support to young people who experience foster care.
Being in foster care is tough. With resources and connections, young people can make it and thrive.
FosterClub's Youth Services team provides direct support to young people throught the following channels:
Peer Support
We help policymakers see the child welfare system from the inside out. Our team works to gather and represent the collective experience of young people who experience the United States foster are system.
Training + Tools
We help policymakers see the child welfare system from the inside out. Our team works to gather and represent the collective experience of young people who experience the United States foster are system.
Resources
We help policymakers see the child welfare system from the inside out. Our team works to gather and represent the collective experience of young people who experience the United States foster are system.
”Before FosterClub, I was not aware of all of the supports I could access. I was able to get help paying for my college.”
— J. Smith, age 19, spent 12 years in the Vermont foster care system
Get to know the FosterClub Model of Youth Engagement.
Through FosterClub’s evidence-supported model, participants build self-efficacy, become empowered, and create community — ultimately bolstering their own resilience to live the fulfilling life they want for themselves. Developed over the past two decades — and with support and investment from our many partners across child welfare, the FosterClub model is now heralded as a best practice in the field. By design, the model is scalable and is ready to implement within your own organization, program, or community.
The Inputs:
Club Mentoring Framework
The FosterClub Model starts by creating a welcoming space where young people find peer support and build connections with Adult Mentors and Peer Leaders.
The Activities:
Full Circle Facilitation
Our peer-led Curriculum is designed so that all participants — young people and adult supporters — learn together, heal, and make the journey through foster care a little better
The Outputs:
Improved SPARK Competencies
FosterClub targets five strategic areas of growth to increase self-determination and resilience for system-involved young people, improving long-term outcomes across all traditionally-measured areas.
FosterClub Youth Services in action.
Youth Camps & Conferences
SPARK Curriculum
NYTD
FosterClub App
InsideTrack Mentoring Partnership
Emergency Funding
Peer Navigators
AllStar Internship
Publications for Youth
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”FosterClub is the expert when it comes to reaching young people in foster care and designing youth-friendly content.”
— A. Jones, Partner from Name of Agency