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Nonprofit
Family & Youth Initiative
Mission
About Us
Family & Youth Initiative (DCFYI) helps older children (12 to 21) in foster care find adoptive families and make lifelong connections with caring
DCFYI focuses solely on helping teens at riskof aging out of fostercare find adoptive families and develop lasting relationships with other caring adults. We are unique in that we offer opportunities for adults who are not yet approved to adopt or mentor to meet and get to know teens so that relationships can grow naturally, which is a much more effective way for adults and teens to get to know each other and get comfortable before any formal mentor or adoption match is made.
We are one of very few organizations that create low barrier ways for adults to get to know and help teens in foster care. We encourage creative responses to the needs of individual teens and abilities and availability of interested adults.
Cause Areas Include
- Arts & Music
- Community Development
- LGBTQ
- Sports & Recreation
- Volunteering
Location & Contact
- 202-863-0975
- 853 New Jersey Avenue,SE, Suite 200, Washington, District of Columbia, US
Suite 200
Current listings
| We're Looking for New Board Members (Volunteers) | Washington, DC | ... |
| Finance Committee Member | United States(Remote) | ... |
| Nominations Committee | United States(Remote) | ... |
| Adopt a teen in foster care! | Washington, DC | ... |
| Mentor a teen in foster care. Change the future. | Washington, DC | ... |
| Help young adults who have aged out of the foster system | District of Columbia, US(Remote) | ... |
| Photographer | Washington, DC | ... |
| Fundraising Committee | United States(Remote) | ... |
| Help a teen in foster care prepare for adulthood - be a Host Parent | Washington, DC | ... |
