Foster Advocates was founded in 2018 to address the lack of policy and advocacy organizations working to improve child welfare in Minnesota. We speculated that a central agency focused on this work, and centering the lived experiences and voices of current and former Fosters, was critical to system change. As the only organization in Minnesota centered at this intersection, our organization creates a unique and outsized impact through research, relationships, and reform. Stay updated on our work: linktr.ee/fosteradvocates
External link for Foster Advocates
1425 Minnehaha Ave E
#600761
St Paul, Minnesota 55106, US
What a great day of filming! A huge thanks to all our partners and interviewees as we get ready to launch some exciting MN Promise updates soon... #mnpromise #mnpromisetoFosters #fosters #fosterrights #fosterrightsmovement
Filming for Foster Advocates, Day 1: Thank you, Tenelle Thomas MBL, ed morales, mpp, msw, licsw, and Elena Leomi! h/t Craig Pladson, Brave Co., Ariana (Guerra) Chamoun
Foster Advocates is hiring for an Education Manager through our OHE Foster Success grant! This position will join our Foster-designed Support Program to continue and strengthen our mentoring work with Fosters across the state on their journeys to get to and through college. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gDvnGCuG Priority deadline is August 25th! People with lived experience in foster care, BIPOC individuals, and LGBTQ2S+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. If you know someone who would be a great fit for this position, please send the posting their way. We are excited to find the right candidate to join our team! #hiring #fosteradvocates #fosters #mnpromise #fostercare #childwelfare #joinourteam
ICYM the news from May: the Fostering Independence Grants are fully funded for the 2024-2025 school year! Because of the advocacy and organizing of our team, network of Foster leaders, and members of our Village, legislators took the funding gap seriously and passed a solution during the final hours of the 2024 legislative session. Thanks to Minnesota fulfilling this part of its promise to Fosters, our community will not face interruptions to their higher education dreams and journeys. Star Tribune: https://bit.ly/4exurIb Imprint: https://bit.ly/4b7tJi4 MPR: https://bit.ly/4dt9qhb #fosters #mnpromise #college #minnesota #fostercare #childwelfare
Are you a Native Foster in Minnesota? Join our upcoming virtual Minnesota Promise session on March 22nd! Minnesota Promise is an opportunity to turn experience in the Minnesota child welfare system into true change. Recognizing the unique and compounding experience foster care has had on the Indigenous community in Minnesota, this specific session is only for Native Fosters and is open to any Native Foster regardless of tribal citizenship, both ICWA and non-ICWA eligible cases. RSVP by March 15th at https://lnkd.in/e2UeGwru #fostercare #mnpromise #minnesota #childwelfare #icwa
Are you a Minnesota Foster aged 28 or older? Join our upcoming virtual Minnesota Promise session on March 8th! Minnesota Promise is an opportunity to turn experience in the Minnesota child welfare system into true change. We are looking forward to engaging with Fosters 28 and older to learn about their unique experiences as we build a multigenerational Foster Rights Movement in Minnesota! RSVP by March 1st at https://lnkd.in/e2UeGwru
Our team has grown again! Join us on February 9th for our first Village Gathering of 2024. Hear from our team about our work, our new program areas, and our new staff! We hope you can join us! Register at www.foster advocates.org/events #fostercare #minnesota #fosteradvocates #childwelfare #teamgrowth
Minnesota Fosters! Sign up for our first MN Promise virtual session! 💻 For Fosters between the age of 18-28 in Minnesota (who haven't been able to attend an in-person session), join us on February 2nd! Sign up by January 26th to confirm you spot. For Native Fosters and Fosters over the age of 28, we have upcoming sessions in March! Signup now to reserve your spot (dates TBA end of next week). More details and RSVP at https://lnkd.in/geiYcTcd #mnpromise #fosters #fostercare #minnesota #childwelfare
Thank you #ImpactLab for the partnership this fall! We are so excited for all the research and ideas that students connected to improve communication and outreach around the Fostering Independence Grants in MN. We love partnering on experiences that help the community learn more about Fosters and child welfare, and this class also provided valuable resources for our organization and state partners. We're excited to put those ideas into action in 2024!
Thank You Foster Advocates for a great first client experience as a part of the new #ImpactLab In Action course at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management. And major gratitude to all the folks that made this such a positive learning experience for students. Elena Leomi, Donte Wilkins, Hannah Planalp, PMP, Marcelus Ifonlaja, #experientiallearning #problemsolving
We're very proud to be a part of Pathways Home, as we expand housing navigation supports across our network and continue our work to make housing systems and services more Foster-informed. Thank you Greater Twin Cities United Way for this investment in homelessness prevention for Fosters! Check out some powerful words from our Director of Systems Change, Ariana, throughout this video!
Pathways Home is an initiative of Greater Twin Cities United Way that partners with local nonprofit organizations to prevent homelessness among at-risk young people. Together, we're helping give young people a stable foundation for the next phase of their lives. Learn more about Pathways Home and homelessness prevention: https://bit.ly/3t7zpIZ #HomelessnessPrevention #CommunityPartnership