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Foster Care Central, Inc.
| Last updated on January 4, 2008 |
Foster Care Central harnesses the power of the "member community" to help make changes to the dire statistics in the nations foster care system. Foster Care Central focuses on the following means to success through our fully interactive website at www.fostercarecentral.org:
- Communication
- Resources
- Training and education
- Foster Care Image
Description:
We are the national network for those dedicated to improving the lives of foster and adopted youth which includes: foster agencies, foster parents, social workers, and volunteers. Foster Care Central provides the tools through our fully interactive website including discussion forums, videos, resource listings, and the ability to create or join groups.
Foster Care Central is a California Non-Profit Benefit Corporation (tax exempt status is pending).
History:
Foster Care Central was created to bring attention to the nations forgotten and most vulnerable population, the 500,000 + kids in foster care.
The statistics are dire and show no signs of improving in the near future:
46% do not complete High School, 84% became an unwed parent. Just 2 yrs after leaving the system, 51% were unemployed. 30% had no health insurance. 25% were homeless. 70% of all State Penitentiary inmates have spent time in the foster care system.
The financial impact alone costs us as a society over 10 billion dollars a year!
We are becoming the central place for change because of member driven community who are dedicated to improving the lives of foster and adopted youth by providing resources, answers, and force for change.
Contact person: Stewart Gordon, President, (phone), (email)
Main office number: (916) 284-9790
Address:
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4801 Laguna Blvd. Ste. 105-367
ELK GROVE , CA 95758
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Web Site: http://www.fostercarecentral.org
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Miscellaneous Information
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No others
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18
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Yes
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No
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