Welcome.
When your a foster parent, you may not always understand how to best advocate for the child that is in your home, because child welfare laws and protections are complicated and confusing. At Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc we're here to help you understand your rights as a foster parent and the child's rights so you can use your knowledge to take action on behalf of your child. You can look to us for guidance in becoming the best advocate you can possibly be – at the local (i.e., classroom) level, and, when you’re ready, at the district, state, and federal levels.
Coming this April...the FPA Foundation Inc will provide trainings! We'll be focusing on legislative activities happening in Washington, D.C. — and how we (and you!) can be involved in the upcoming changes that are likely to take place. We'll translate those legislative happenings so that you can better understand what they mean for you as a foster Parent and the child in foster care.
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is heavenly committed to the social change of foster parents in the child welfare system. FPA is designed to meet the needs that are not met otherwise. FPA is committed to foster parents and are vigilant towards our mission. Our services are innovative, exploratory and catered to the needs of foster parents and youths in foster care.
Advocacy requires both the will to confront injustice and the commitment to transform it. There, FPA’s daily “rescue missions” for children and foster parents engaged it in the fight for services that they need. FPA helps to improve the lives of children and foster parents who, otherwise, might have waited unnoticed, vulnerable and suffering, with no advocate to witness their pain and give voice to their needs.
Children in foster care are one of the most vulnerable populations. Presently, there are 15,900 children in the NYC foster care system, and only 12,000 foster parents. These children suffer daily from a lack of services provided by foster care agencies. As a result, these children may face homelessness, unemployment, little to no education, and contribute to higher crime rates.
When your a foster parent, you may not always understand how to best advocate for the child that is in your home, because child welfare laws and protections are complicated and confusing. At Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc we're here to help you understand your rights as a foster parent and the child's rights so you can use your knowledge to take action on behalf of your child. You can look to us for guidance in becoming the best advocate you can possibly be – at the local (i.e., classroom) level, and, when you’re ready, at the district, state, and federal levels.
Coming this April...the FPA Foundation Inc will provide trainings! We'll be focusing on legislative activities happening in Washington, D.C. — and how we (and you!) can be involved in the upcoming changes that are likely to take place. We'll translate those legislative happenings so that you can better understand what they mean for you as a foster Parent and the child in foster care.
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is heavenly committed to the social change of foster parents in the child welfare system. FPA is designed to meet the needs that are not met otherwise. FPA is committed to foster parents and are vigilant towards our mission. Our services are innovative, exploratory and catered to the needs of foster parents and youths in foster care.
Advocacy requires both the will to confront injustice and the commitment to transform it. There, FPA’s daily “rescue missions” for children and foster parents engaged it in the fight for services that they need. FPA helps to improve the lives of children and foster parents who, otherwise, might have waited unnoticed, vulnerable and suffering, with no advocate to witness their pain and give voice to their needs.
Children in foster care are one of the most vulnerable populations. Presently, there are 15,900 children in the NYC foster care system, and only 12,000 foster parents. These children suffer daily from a lack of services provided by foster care agencies. As a result, these children may face homelessness, unemployment, little to no education, and contribute to higher crime rates.
FPA On-Air Interview with Pat O'Brian
You Gotta Believe - Adopting Teens and Tweens Show. Oct. 4th, 2009. Listen below.
You Gotta Believe - Adopting Teens and Tweens Show. Oct. 4th, 2009. Listen below.
The ecomony has changed, however the needs of foster children have not changed at all. Agencies need to provide loving supportive homes for each child that awaits foster care. Youths that 'age out' of foster care make up the majority of our homeless population. 40% of foster youths do not graduate from high school. These kids deserve better; they need guidance, support, and advocates to fight for their rights – especially when agencies chooses not to do so.
We want to stop the inadequate services foster care agencies are failing to provide to foster parents and children. We need people of the community to get involved. These children need your help; be that voice in the community; reach out and support our cause. You can get involved by becoming a Foster Parent Advocate, or by making a donation. We need to provide every child in foster care with an advocate in order to keep them safe. Get involved - no foster child should be without a strong relationship to a caring adult they can depend on in times of need. Foster youths need your support now by providing advocates to fight for their rights. Foster Parents: we need you to come on board, speak out, and make that change.
With the help of more American's, the lives of these young people can change for the better. Nearly every community is suffering from a shortage of foster families. More and more children need you. Children in foster care feel more secure and are likely to do better in school when they are able to stay in their own communities. The simple truth is, the larger the pool of qualified foster parents, the easier it will be to ensure these children remain in their own neighborhoods and schools, and stay together with their siblings.Change the future for a young person in foster care. Find out how to get involved.
Our organization aims to provide a place for foster parents and children to receive adequate services. We provide advocates to foster parents, in turn helping the children in their care. We also work to provide youths who have 'aged out' of the child welfare system, with the services they are entitled to receive. We want to work to build relationships between agencies and foster parents, to ensure that parents and children in the foster care system receive the services they need. Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is a 501C3 non-profit organization, founded in 2008. FPA provides community resources, educational programs, and support and training services for foster parents and children in the child welfare system.
1-646-355-0434
Intake Procedure & 24-hour Hot-line Number
Please call the number to set up an appointment to receive a Partnership Coordinator.Please bring copies of the following documents for the intake appointment:
Mapp Certificate
Foster Parent license
New York State ID
Court documents
Family Team Conference Notice
Any other documents that are important to the case.
We want to stop the inadequate services foster care agencies are failing to provide to foster parents and children. We need people of the community to get involved. These children need your help; be that voice in the community; reach out and support our cause. You can get involved by becoming a Foster Parent Advocate, or by making a donation. We need to provide every child in foster care with an advocate in order to keep them safe. Get involved - no foster child should be without a strong relationship to a caring adult they can depend on in times of need. Foster youths need your support now by providing advocates to fight for their rights. Foster Parents: we need you to come on board, speak out, and make that change.
With the help of more American's, the lives of these young people can change for the better. Nearly every community is suffering from a shortage of foster families. More and more children need you. Children in foster care feel more secure and are likely to do better in school when they are able to stay in their own communities. The simple truth is, the larger the pool of qualified foster parents, the easier it will be to ensure these children remain in their own neighborhoods and schools, and stay together with their siblings.Change the future for a young person in foster care. Find out how to get involved.
Our organization aims to provide a place for foster parents and children to receive adequate services. We provide advocates to foster parents, in turn helping the children in their care. We also work to provide youths who have 'aged out' of the child welfare system, with the services they are entitled to receive. We want to work to build relationships between agencies and foster parents, to ensure that parents and children in the foster care system receive the services they need. Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation Inc is a 501C3 non-profit organization, founded in 2008. FPA provides community resources, educational programs, and support and training services for foster parents and children in the child welfare system.
1-646-355-0434
Intake Procedure & 24-hour Hot-line Number
Please call the number to set up an appointment to receive a Partnership Coordinator.Please bring copies of the following documents for the intake appointment:
Mapp Certificate
Foster Parent license
New York State ID
Court documents
Family Team Conference Notice
Any other documents that are important to the case.
Special Thanks to our Supporters
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation INC thanks the Bronx, Manhattan and Harlem communities. Jewish Federation of Greater Alanta.We would not have made it this far without their generous support. We thank Circle of sisters 2009,GLBT community, and everyone else for supporting our mission and helping to make our dream a reality.
Business Supporter's
Make My Cake
C-Town
Papa Johns
Tonnis Minis
We hope to continue this journey and continue to prosper and grow with the help and support of the community.
Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation INC thanks the Bronx, Manhattan and Harlem communities. Jewish Federation of Greater Alanta.We would not have made it this far without their generous support. We thank Circle of sisters 2009,GLBT community, and everyone else for supporting our mission and helping to make our dream a reality.
Business Supporter's
Make My Cake
C-Town
Papa Johns
Tonnis Minis
We hope to continue this journey and continue to prosper and grow with the help and support of the community.
FPA News
FPA Event Calendar
FPA Welcomes New Interns!
At the end of the 2009 school year, FPA welcomed 48 high school students from the I-School in Manhattan. The students will work as interns, earning school credit, to assist the foundation with community awareness projects and outreach to schools in Harlem and The Bronx. They will also be working to develop a TV show about foster care issues, working to enhance community awareness about foster care, and recruiting new volunteers and foster parents within the community.
At the end of the 2009 school year, FPA welcomed 48 high school students from the I-School in Manhattan. The students will work as interns, earning school credit, to assist the foundation with community awareness projects and outreach to schools in Harlem and The Bronx. They will also be working to develop a TV show about foster care issues, working to enhance community awareness about foster care, and recruiting new volunteers and foster parents within the community.
FPA on the Air – Jan 21, 2010
Watch online, 12-8 pm.
Click Here and click 'Launch'
(under the words 'BCAT2')
If you live in Brooklyn, ou can watch on Cablevision - Ch 68, Time Warner - Ch. 35, Verizon - Ch. 43, and RCN - Ch. 83.
Watch online, 12-8 pm.
Click Here and click 'Launch'
(under the words 'BCAT2')
If you live in Brooklyn, ou can watch on Cablevision - Ch 68, Time Warner - Ch. 35, Verizon - Ch. 43, and RCN - Ch. 83.
Circle of Sisters Event
FPA staff and volunteers worked an info booth at the 2009 Circle of Sisters event in Manhattan. The event was a huge success! Lots of new volunteers, potential foster parents, and supporters of the cause signed up at the FPA booth!
FPA staff and volunteers worked an info booth at the 2009 Circle of Sisters event in Manhattan. The event was a huge success! Lots of new volunteers, potential foster parents, and supporters of the cause signed up at the FPA booth!
Festival by the Sea Fundraising Event in Coney Island
Could there be a more beautiful venue to for getting the word out there about our cause and raising funds to support our efforts?
Could there be a more beautiful venue to for getting the word out there about our cause and raising funds to support our efforts?
AUG- To Be Annouced
JULY- S.Y.E.P Youths
Summer Youth Employment Youths will be joining us.Community Outreach by youths.
JUNE- Outdoor Events/ Workshops
Gay Pride Parade- Sunday June 26, 2010
Wednesday June 2nd -Youth program Party for the I-school students at 711 west 168 strreet. 1:00-4:30pm.
Workshop-Talking To Your Kids About The Facts.
Tuesday June 8th-11am:1:00pm. 215 West 125th street 4th floor.
Ethnic Festival on Saturday June 5th 2:00-5:00pm
at Park East school 1573 Madison Avenue
June 19th- Empowerrment Day Event at 122 st Clamont Avenue.
MAY Foster care Month
May is National Foster Care Month...You Can Change a Lifetime! All children — including the 513,000 American children and youth in foster care — deserve a safe, happy life. Young people in foster care especially need nurturing adults on their side because their own families are in crisis and unable to care for them.
Each May, we salute the compassionate people who make a difference by serving as foster parents, relative caregivers, mentors, advocates, social workers, and volunteers. Thanks to these unsung heroes, many formerly abused or neglected children and teens will safely reunite with their parents, be cared for by relatives, or be adopted by loving families.
APRIL Community Base Organization Outreach
FPA- Street teams will be out in the community reaching out to community base organizations in the Bronx and Harlem to build partnerships to help foster parents in the community.
MAR Recruiting
We will be focusing on the recruitment of Foster Youths for the FPA Youth Committee as well as parents for our Foster Parent Committee.
3/20 - 3/21 17th Annual Original
GLBT Expo
We welcome and support the gay community in helping children in the foster care system. Become a foster parent today. Event location: Jacob J. Javitis Convention Center, 38th & 11th Aves, New York, NY
JULY- S.Y.E.P Youths
Summer Youth Employment Youths will be joining us.Community Outreach by youths.
JUNE- Outdoor Events/ Workshops
Gay Pride Parade- Sunday June 26, 2010
Wednesday June 2nd -Youth program Party for the I-school students at 711 west 168 strreet. 1:00-4:30pm.
Workshop-Talking To Your Kids About The Facts.
Tuesday June 8th-11am:1:00pm. 215 West 125th street 4th floor.
Ethnic Festival on Saturday June 5th 2:00-5:00pm
at Park East school 1573 Madison Avenue
June 19th- Empowerrment Day Event at 122 st Clamont Avenue.
MAY Foster care Month
May is National Foster Care Month...You Can Change a Lifetime! All children — including the 513,000 American children and youth in foster care — deserve a safe, happy life. Young people in foster care especially need nurturing adults on their side because their own families are in crisis and unable to care for them.
Each May, we salute the compassionate people who make a difference by serving as foster parents, relative caregivers, mentors, advocates, social workers, and volunteers. Thanks to these unsung heroes, many formerly abused or neglected children and teens will safely reunite with their parents, be cared for by relatives, or be adopted by loving families.
APRIL Community Base Organization Outreach
FPA- Street teams will be out in the community reaching out to community base organizations in the Bronx and Harlem to build partnerships to help foster parents in the community.
MAR Recruiting
We will be focusing on the recruitment of Foster Youths for the FPA Youth Committee as well as parents for our Foster Parent Committee.
3/20 - 3/21 17th Annual Original
GLBT Expo
We welcome and support the gay community in helping children in the foster care system. Become a foster parent today. Event location: Jacob J. Javitis Convention Center, 38th & 11th Aves, New York, NY
Our Mission
It is our mission to help improve the quality of life for foster parents and children in foster care. We will be responsible for addressing the social service needs of the children in care, as well as the foster parents. At the same time we look for constructive ways to improve relationships between foster care agencies and foster parents and children, so that they may provide quality service. We are consistently open to finding new ways to achieve the mission and constantly seek ways to do our work and meet the needs of those we serve.
We use our diversity to gain new perspectives, collaborate with, and help strengthen foster care agencies through training and organizational development. Our standard is excellence and we will always work to exceed expectations. We strive toward continuous improvement in all we do!
We thank you in advance for your time, attention and support. We look forward to hearing from you, working with you as a team and building a relationship with you, your staff and your foster parents. We hope that our mission coincides with yours and that we can partner together to provide the best quality services for foster parents and children in foster care. None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows.
It is our mission to help improve the quality of life for foster parents and children in foster care. We will be responsible for addressing the social service needs of the children in care, as well as the foster parents. At the same time we look for constructive ways to improve relationships between foster care agencies and foster parents and children, so that they may provide quality service. We are consistently open to finding new ways to achieve the mission and constantly seek ways to do our work and meet the needs of those we serve.
We use our diversity to gain new perspectives, collaborate with, and help strengthen foster care agencies through training and organizational development. Our standard is excellence and we will always work to exceed expectations. We strive toward continuous improvement in all we do!
We thank you in advance for your time, attention and support. We look forward to hearing from you, working with you as a team and building a relationship with you, your staff and your foster parents. We hope that our mission coincides with yours and that we can partner together to provide the best quality services for foster parents and children in foster care. None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Community Service Learning Internship
Small Talk Big Issues TV Program
Discussions with the community and social service agencies about foster care issue's that affect foster parents and youths in the foster care system.
Small Talk Big Issues TV Program
Discussions with the community and social service agencies about foster care issue's that affect foster parents and youths in the foster care system.
Get involved and sign the petition if you would like for this bill to be passed for foster parents
Foster Parent Bill of Rights in New York City
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/311/296/137
Foster Parent Bill of Rights in New York City
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/311/296/137