Support Services for Foster Youths to realize their full potential as they age out of Foster Care.
Support Services for Foster Youths to realize their full potential as they age out of Foster Care.
Change 1 helps Foster Youth ages 15-26 realize their full potential. By bridging the gaps in the support they receive entering adulthood, we empower their dreams of making meaningful contributions to their communities and having strong families of their own.
Every time a foster child moves homes, they fall 6 months behind academically, with 50% never graduating high school. We never give up on children. And we don’t let children give up on themselves.
By advocating for them, we strengthen our families, and communities.
Change1 supports youth transitioning out of foster care, as well as those working with them and the community.
Every year, 250,000 children enter the Foster Care system due to abuse and neglect. 20,000 teens are “emancipated” at age 18. Nearly 40% experience homelessness within 18 months. 70% of foster youth want to attend college. Only 3% receive a degree.
Our hope is when we change one’s mind, we change one’s life.
Dedicated to improving the lives of children and families who experience the Child Welfare system and other Health & Human Services systems.
We help with
Housing Medical Care
Education Employment
We know we can’t do it on our own.
There are 3 ways you can change a forgotten child’s life.
So they never wonder why no one came for them.
Because no one deserves to be
abused or neglected, and left behind.
It falls to us to come for them.
Our approach, Positive Youth Development
Builds Skills
Creates Assets and Competencies,
Fosters Healthy Relationships,
Strengthens the Community,
and Transforms Systems.
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