Join the Foster Youth InitiativeDo YOU want to inspire change
and make a positive difference for youth in foster care? You can earn up to $36,000 living allowance and $10,000 education award, be eligible for medical and childcare benefits, and receive training and experience to support your personal and professional growth. Become a mentor. Make a lasting impact. Shape a brighter future. About the programThe Foster Youth Initiative is a statewide AmeriCorps program serving Butte, Glenn, Kern, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Siskiyou, Yolo, and Yuba counties. AmeriCorps members assist foster youth in achieving academic success, financial literacy, and developing life skills necessary for successful transition to adulthood. AmeriCorps members build a meaningful relationship with foster youth and together they work on goal-oriented tasks to catalyze the social, emotional, cognitive, and identity development of the youth. This is a great opportunity for those interested in working with at-promise youth.
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Foster Youth Initiative Positions:Youth Mentors
Guide foster youth to build skills necessary for a successful transition to adulthood through one-on-one life skills activities, financial literacy lessons, emancipation support groups, and academic assistance. Volunteer Coordinators Responsible for coordinating volunteers to support foster youth. Members perform outreach for volunteer recruitment, screen potential volunteers and mobilize selected volunteers by creating youth/mentor matches, and provide ongoing volunteer training and support. |
Am I eligible?
Members must be at least 18 years of age, complete a background check, and be a US Citizen, US National, or Lawful Permanent Resident of the US.
Those with lived experience within the dependency system highly encouraged to apply!
Members must be at least 18 years of age, complete a background check, and be a US Citizen, US National, or Lawful Permanent Resident of the US.
Those with lived experience within the dependency system highly encouraged to apply!
“Being in AmeriCorps has quite literally changed my life. As a current Non-Minor Dependent, I could not imagine that anything I did would have such a positive impact on other foster youth’s lives, much less my own.
With new confidence and skills, I now know I can achieve bigger dreams, be more, and do better.”
~Foster Youth Initiative AmeriCorps Member
Foster Youth Initiative Partners
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Contact InformationTabitha Grier
Senior AmeriCorps Project Manager, CA Foster Youth Initiative [email protected] (916) 244-1968 |