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Dear Foster Youth Supporters,


The staff, resource parents, and supporting community of Alternative Family Services is committed to facilitating HOPE and HEALING for the hundreds of youth and families we care for through our mental health, foster care, and adoption programs.


During the Back-to-School season, the Foster Learning Campaign ensures every school-aged youth we care for can start the school year with a new backpack and funds to improve equitable access to education resources like technology, school supplies, tuition, and tutoring. Your participation makes a real difference in the lives of our clients.


On behalf of all AFS staff, youth, and families

Thank you for your support! 

DONATE to FOSTER LEARNING

Two Ways to Support Foster Youth During Back-to-School

Monetary Donation


Donate online: click here

 

Mail checks

AFS Accounting

131B Stony Circle, #1200

Santa Rosa, CA 95401

 

Buy & Ship a Backpack


Purchase a new backpack: 

(any style) from an online retailer of your  choice

 

Ship to any AFS location

click here for addresses

When you use the AFS Amazon Smile account, our agency receives a percentage of the sales that we use to directly support the youth we care for.





YOUR IMPACT

$1,000  Housing assistance for TWO transition age youth

$  500  tuition assistance for ONE youth

$  250  ONE laptop for equitable access

$  100  clothes/shoes for ONE youth

$    50  haircare kit for ONE Black youth

Education Statistics for Foster Youth

CALIFORNIA


NON-FOSTER

FOSTER

# of Students Enrolled

6,002,523

32,359

Graduation Rate

83%

58.2%

Chronically Absent

14.1%

34.5%

Suspension Rate

0.2%

1.2%

Dropout Rate

9.2%

25.9%

School Stability

92.4%

71.8%

Education Data Sources

cde.ca.gov/ds

datacenter.kidscount.org

Children's Law Center

AFS Contact

Angela Taylor, Director of Resource Development

ataylor@afs4kids.org, (510)988-3006

Open Your Heart

& Your Home

Learn About Fostering or Adoptingclick here

(800) 300-1022

rfarecruitment@afs4kids.org


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