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*Photo: Launch Event of the Foster friendly Business program at the YMCA

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR ENDING VIRGINIA'S FOSTER CARE CRISIS

500 KIDS EXIT FOSTER CARE EACH YEAR WITHOUT A FAMILY

89% BECOME ADDICTED, HOMELESS, INCARCERATED, OR PREGNANT WITHIN 2 YEARS

EACH TEEN WHO "AGES OUT" WITHOUT A FAMILY COSTS TAXPAYERS $300,000 OVER EACH KID'S LIFETIME

THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY

THE RESULTS ARE BLEAK AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACT STRETCHES ACROSS ALL OF VIRGINIA

This crisis is solvable,

but we have to act now

A 2018 VA GOVERNMENT AUDIT REVEALED SERIOUS ISSUES IN VIRGINIA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND CALLED FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION.

IN 2020, FEDERAL LEGISLATION MOVES FUNDING FROM GROUP HOMES TO FOSTER HOME, MEANING A DIRE NEED FOR MORE FOSTER FAMILIES NOW.

WE HAVE WILLING PARTNERS IN EACH SPHERE - GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, FAITH, & CREATIVE - WHO ARE READY AND EAGER TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS NOW.

this crisis is solvable. the solution is you.

become a BUSINESS IMPACT PARTNER today

IMPACT YOUR

EMPLOYEES

Update your company's HR package to include foster-friendly policies that encourage fostering and adopting.

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IMPACT THE

COMMUNITY

Be a Foster-Friendly Business by offering rewards and discounts to children and families in foster care.

GET STARTED

IMPACT THE

FUTURE

Tailor your employee hiring opportunities towards teens/young people who have aged out of foster care.

GET STARTED

IMPACT YOUR

PEERS

Give other socially-conscious business leaders the opportunity to help end one of Virginia's worst social crises by spreading the word about this mission.

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IMPACT THE

CHILDREN

Help us help kids. Become a financial support to Virginia's Kids Belong, the nonprofit partner of this initiative.

SUPPORT

IMPACT YOUR

WAY

We have had many unique offers, such as a financial institution offering to teach free financial literacy classes to birth families. Have a unique idea for impact? Contact us!

CONTACT

who's involved?

Project+event partners

FOSTER FRIENDLY BUSINESSES

CORPORATE SPONSORS

VKB'S BUSINESS ADVISORy COUNCIL

DAVID BARRETT
SHAWN BOYER
TIM CHAPMAN
DAN CLEMENTE
PHIL COX

JULIE DIME
TOM FARRELL
JERRY KILGORE
AARON MATHES
ASHLEY WINSKY

BRUCE MATSON
BOB MCDONNELL
ELIZABETH PAUL
GENERRA PECK
ABBY ROGERS

DARRELL AND DONNA SHIRES
BOB SLEDD
ROBERT WOLTZ