FosterClub
The National Network for Youth in Foster Care
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Youth Programs: Outreach
On www.fosterclub.com young people in foster care are asking questions and finding answers. The organization's primary communication vehicle, the website serves as a hub of information relating to foster care, including articles, message boards, contests and stories. It's a resource available to youth 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Youth Programs: Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders
Young people with lived experience in foster care are the foundation of FosterClub. Our programs provide opportunities for resilient young people -- who are determined to be successful -- improve the odds for others coming up through the system, and provide a youth voice to help change the face of foster care.
Youth Programs: Training and Education
FosterClub's training events are held across the country and feature the FosterClub All-Stars, a dynamic group of foster care alumni. Teaching through their life experiences, the All-Stars serve as peer educators and role models to other foster kids. They also train child welfare profesionals and caregivers by sharing their first-hand youth perspective.
System Change
Young people who have lived experience in foster care deserve to have input about how the child welfare system can be improved to better serve them and their families. Our public policy team works to build the capacity of young people to meaningfully participate in conversations and activities with policy makers and child welfare stakeholders to promote improved outcomes for themselves and their peers.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total dollar amount of scholarship awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Foster and adoptive children
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
The Outstanding Young Leader award included a $600 scholarship for each recipient in 2021, and $500 per recipient in 2022.
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Foster and adoptive parents
Related Program
System Change
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
More than 3000 foster parents nationwide received training with curriculum informed by young people with lived experience in foster care.
Hours of volunteer service
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Foster and adoptive children
Related Program
Youth Programs: Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
FosterClub recruits and trains young people with lived experience in foster care to provide peer support, train child welfare professionals, and fulfill other service opportunities.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
FosterClub is the national network for young people in foster care. Although foster care provides a critical
safety net in our society for children and youth, being in foster care is generally a very difficult experience
for a young person. This is why FosterClub exists: to improve life in foster care. Our strategy engages
Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders in doing two things:
1. Provide direct support to young people who experience foster care, and
2. Drive change in the foster care system driven by lived experience.
We believe when young people have the support they need and opportunity to drive change in their life,
they become self-determined and do better. We also believe when the system listens to young people, it
does better. Our vision is that every young person who experiences foster care has what they need to
become self-determined.
FosterClub has set the following goals for the next five years (2022-2027):
GOAL 1: A strong COMMUNICATIONS platform positions FosterClub as the go-to connector/resource
for young people who experience foster care and serves as a leading conduit for those who want to
support them. Bold, strong communications contributed to FosterClub’s position in the child welfare field. However, FosterClub’s LEx Leaders, Staff and Board unanimously recognize the need to substantially build the
organization’s communications to all of our audiences: young people, child welfare stakeholders, and the
public.
GOAL 2: A resilient and sustainable LEADERSHIP structure provides a strong foundation for
FosterClub’s next quarter-century. In an effort to promote growth and remain sustainable, a strong leadership structure is critical.
GOAL 3: Dependable, unrestricted revenue streams provide FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY and
FLEXIBILITY for FosterClub. Over the past five years, FosterClub has experienced great improvements to its financial position. Staff has appreciated the generous participation and leadership of the Board in this area. There is still tremendous room for growth in diversification of revenue, including individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and product sales — all of which provide a foundation for sustainability, while also providing flexible funding to carry out the work of the organization.
GOAL 4: FosterClub doubles its REACH TO YOUNG PEOPLE, with a special focus on young people
under the age of 16. LEx Leaders from FosterClub expressed that expanding the reach of FosterClub should be viewed as top priority. As an organization, we maintain varying levels of engagement/ intervention with young people. As part of its logic model, FosterClub outlines its Ladder of Participation: Prospect (I’ve met FosterClub),
Learner (I’ve learned something), Member (I belong & contribute), and Leader (I am integral to the work).
FosterClub has made great progress on the Leader and Learner rungs, but there is much work to be done
to reach youth at the Prospect and Member levels.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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FosterClub
Board of directorsas of 07/21/2023
D'Artagnan Caliman
1803 Fund
Term: 2016 -
Celeste Bodner
FosterClub
Meagan Tuhy
The Hello Foundation, Co-founder of FosterClub
Deborah Sorin
Community Volunteer
Marci McCoy Roth
Director, Interoperability and System Strategies, APHSA
Benjamin Edwards
Senior Director, NIKE Inc.
Nico'Lee Rohac, LCSW
Former NFYAPC Council Member
Jennifer Delwood
Community Volunteer
Alexis Vassilakas
Global Head of Engineering, Technology Risk Group - Goldman Sachs
D'Artagnan B. Caliman
Meyer Memorial Trust
Donald Robinson
Tymothy Belseth
Brianna Owen
Bregetta Wilson
Organizational demographics
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