Foster
Care Campaign
The
Foster Care Campaign (FCC) seeks to improve the lives, rights, and
opportunities of the 400 youth living in DC foster care group homes and
independent living programs. Led by a teen-adult team (including several
foster youth) the FCC works to:
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Pass
and monitor group home regulations
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Train
more than 300 foster youth on life skills and rights
through group home workshops and Leadership Institutes
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Build
the leadership of foster youth through staff positions
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Facilitate
system change through issue campaigns
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Advocate
for policy change through City Council testimony and work with Child and
Family Services Agency
Current
Work
The Foster Care Campaign
recently held its second annual Leadership Institute for
foster youth in August 2006. FCC is also developing an allowance campaign for
teens and creating advocacy
initiatives to affect long term system change. The FCC is also working in
partnership with DC Action for Children to develop and pass legislation to
create a independent DC Child Welfare Ombudsman.
