FosterClub

Youth services - Fosterclub provides direct support to young people who experience foster care. Activities include:- conduct outreach and engage young people who experience foster care.- develop curriculum for young people that promotes growth across spark domains and conduct training.- connect young people to resources.- create and hold space for young people to connect with each other for peer support and find supportive adult mentors.

System change - drives change in the child welfare system informed by lived experience. Activities include:- educate and build capacity of adult stakeholders to engage and support young people, including child welfare caseworkers, administrators, foster parents and other caregivers, court staff and others involved in child welfare or adjacent systems.- inform public policy with the collective experience of young people.- assist young people and youth leadership groups to organize to achieve system change.- undertake public awareness efforts and campaigns.- facilitate opportunities for young people with lived experience in foster care to lead the above activities.