This annual statewide event honors foster youth who will graduate from high school, vocational school, GED programs & college.
These youth made great strides by overcoming educational barriers in order to attain success in their academic endeavors.
The 2009 graduation event was a grand success! Click here for more information about the Celebration of Excellence.
These youth made great strides by overcoming educational barriers in order to attain success in their academic endeavors.
The 2009 graduation event was a grand success! Click here for more information about the Celebration of Excellence.
TeenWork is a summer program that helps to transition eligible foster youth into successful, independent young adults by offering a paid work experience within state agencies, private businesses & non-profits.
Eligibility requirements to apply. Click here for more information.
Eligibility requirements to apply. Click here for more information.
MAAC is a collaboration of 8 agencies that work together to provide placement and wrap-around support to foster youth up to 21 years of age.
Their vision is to create a seamless continuum of care to address all of the needs of the family while reducing treatment failures and "uncoordinated" multiple placements. Click here for more information.
Their vision is to create a seamless continuum of care to address all of the needs of the family while reducing treatment failures and "uncoordinated" multiple placements. Click here for more information.
EmpowerMEent is made up of a group of foster youth who began the organization to have their voices heard about how foster youth transition into adulthood.
These youth represent a wide mix of race, age, sex, parental status, geography and foster care placements. They shared ideas to come up with a unified list of priorities and they continue to advocate for positive change in our foster care system. Click here for more information.
These youth represent a wide mix of race, age, sex, parental status, geography and foster care placements. They shared ideas to come up with a unified list of priorities and they continue to advocate for positive change in our foster care system. Click here for more information.