Juvenile Law Center staff attorney Jessica Feierman has submitted a proposal entitled Foster Youth Speak Out (FYSO) to the American Express Member’s Project initiative. Your vote will help boost this nationwide initiative to the next level of consideration.
500,000 youth are in foster care nationwide. FYSO will allow them to have their voices heard so they can advocate for safe, nurturing, permanent homes and for positive school experiences. FYSO will create an interactive web community connecting foster youth across the nation with each other and the public to improve the foster care system. Youth will get further support from volunteer lawyers, who will teach them the advocacy skills they need to transform foster care from the inside.
Over 1,100 projects have been submitted. The top 25 most nominated projects will make it to a final voting round. American Express is providing $2.5 million in funding to the five Member’s Projects that receive the most votes, with grants ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million. If Jessica's project makes it to the final five, JLC expects to be the non-profit that implements the program.
On Jessica's behalf, JLC asks that you please nominate Foster Youth Speak Out to help it make it to the top 25! You do not need to be an American Express Card member to nominate FYSO — just sign in as a guest and follow directions to nominate the project.
To nominate Foster Youth Speak Out, and see the video, go to:
http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/EZCTS4.
This project could change the lives of thousands of youth. And you can help them with just a few clicks.
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