Adoption & Foster Care Mentoring

Empower adopted and foster youth to flourish through mentoring.

Other | United States of America | Capacity Building |

http://www.afcmentoring.org/

Overview

When eighteen year olds age out of foster care sixty six percent of them have not finished high school. Twenty five percent will become homeless at some point in their lives. AFC Mentoring is one of the only programs that exclusively serves adopted and foster youth and is among the few that seek to match these youths with adults who have shared experiences when possible. AFC accomplishes its mission through three programs AFCMentors a one to one mentoring program which matches adult volunteer mentors with youth in care TeamAFC a group mentoring initiative that gives youth in care a sense of community consistency and positive interaction with adults and youth and AFCInterns an internship program that allows youth in care to gain professional skills and encourages personal growth and goal setting. AFC Mentoring serves youth ages 7 to 22 who have personal experiences in foster care adoption kinship or residential care and who are from the Greater Boston area.