The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Emergency:
Information and assistance
for young people in and from foster care.
While the pandemic is creating chaos for everyone, we recognize how hard the challenges fall on young people who experienced (or are experiencing) foster care, especially for those without family support.
If you need emergency assistance, please email help@fosterclub.com or call 503-717-1552
What's going on at FosterClub:
Letter to Congress: 149 National and State Orgs ask to Extend Lifeline for Foster Youth
Former Foster Youth Like Me Face Eviction as Pandemic Drags On; Congressional Champions Introduce Life-Saving Extensions
PRESS RELEASE: As New COVID Variants Spread, Proposed Chafee Extension Bill Casts Lifeline to Foster Youth with Additional $400 Million in Funds
Apply Now for the Constituent Associate Role
Youth Engagement Projects Manager
Apply Now to Join the Foster Equality Lived Experience Leadership Team
What are you looking for? I am a:
We believe that children and youth deserve to be...
Connected
to a peer surpport network and to people in the community who care.
Educated
about their rights, how the foster care system works, self-advocacy strategies, and how to locate resources to help them succeed.
Inspired
and empowered through the stories of people who have succeeded after foster care.
Represented
by having their voices heard by policy makers, the public, and others who influence the system that profoundly impacts their lives.FosterClub recognizes the importance of perspective from lived experience in the foster care system. Their belief in me translated into belief in myself and a drive to serve foster youth that need someone to believe in them.
Brian Morgantini (member, National Policy Council)
Because I spent time in foster care, it has incredibly encouraged me to keep being as passionate as I have been, all these years. Advocacy is in my blood, I still talk about fosterclub nearly everyday to people eight years later!
Michael Hendricks (former All-Star)
FosterClub has given me perspective on my past and because of that I have finally been able to grieve and move on. It’s honestly the best thing I could have asked for.
Misty Skelton (former All-Star)
