YOU can make a tremendous difference in the lives of aged out youth by:
DIRECT SERVICES:
Help provide critical services to aged out youth
- Sponsor a youth to participate in My Path Forward
– Contact [email protected] - Underwrite a component of My Path Forward’s programs (ex: housing, life coaching, case management, transportation)
– Contact [email protected] - Create a trauma-informed opportunity for My Path Forward youth employment
– Contact [email protected]
ADVOCACY:
Help drive systemic improvements in the foster care system and aging out process
- Support our advocacy team’s work to create systemic change
– Contact [email protected] - Participate in a Foster Care Advocacy Day at the General Assembly Contact [email protected]
- Contact your state representative and ask him/her to support the 2020 Foster Care Unified Agenda
– Contact [email protected] - Subscribe to the My Path Forward’s advocacy blog
PUBLIC AWARENESS:
The first step towards change is knowledge
- Invite us to come inform your community (civic associations, book clubs, churches, etc.) about how foster care and aging out impacts Virginia
– Contact [email protected] - Follow CHS and BHC on Facebook