Get your bid on and give teens the gift of family!
Establishing Roots is nearing (Wednesday October, 9) and that means it is time for DCFYI’s online auction! While Establishing Roots is our annual ... read more
Connecting teens. Creating families. Changing lives.
Family & Youth Initiative grew out of a need to support teens in foster care who would otherwise not have the lasting support of caring adults. Teens who “age out” of foster care face a much more difficult transition to adulthood than their non-foster care peers. At age 26, more than a third have experienced homelessness; only 6% have completed a two or four-year college; almost half are not working; and nearly 60% of men and 30% of women have been convicted of a crime.
Hear from teens how DCFYI has made a difference in their lives: