Mission:
Our mission is to empower at-risk children, families, and
communities and strengthen those who serve them through
collaboration, assistance, research and education.
Catalyst
for CARE works to identify and fill the gaps in services
available to kids in foster care ensuring that every child has
the resources a caring parent would provide. We do this through:
C
. Funding and facilitating partnerships for improved
services for children
. Advocacy and information sharing network
. Information dissemination on best practices in
foster care
A
. Support services for youth who are aging out of
foster care and transitioning to independent adulthood. Services
include:
o Excellence
in Education college scholarships for foster youth
o Lifeline - emergency assistance
o LINC (Leveraging, Impacting, Networking, Championing) mentoring
program
o Celebration
of Excellence
o Information and referral
. Referral
Central - online searchable database of services for
children and families
R
. Outcome tracking for youth aging out of foster care
. Subject matter identification
. Facilitating relationships between researchers and
subjects
E
. Professional Development
o
Catalyst for CARE
Annual Conference
o Annual
Child Placement Conference
o Workshops
and Institutes for child welfare professionals
o National
Center for Professional Certification Certification/credentialing
for child welfare professionals
. Welfare Watch listserve
For more information on our programs and services,
click here.
