The Largest Online Community for Organizations Supporting Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
NOTE: This community has been transferred to The RightWay Foundation in California.
We are all working toward the same goal – to help young people in foster care transition to adulthood successfully, so let’s help each other be more effective and efficient! The AOI Community is an online platform for organizations and individuals that support youth aging out of foster care. This community will enable us to break down geographic barriers in order to collaboratively build and share best practices – ultimately to improve outcomes for these young people. Below are some of the elements of the community.
Networking
Many AOI Community members have expressed appreciation for being able to talk with other organizations across the United States that are providing support services to youth aging out of foster care. They have expanded their networks and use those connections to bounce ideas off one another, share resources, invite each other to participate in events, celebrate success, and more. Organization leaders don’t feel as siloed and alone as they did before.
Group Discussions
There are different discussion groups available to all participants, including (but not limited to) Education, Employment, Housing, Relationships, Measuring Success, Wellness, etc. Participants can join whichever groups they find interesting and relevant to their own organization’s services.
Resource Sharing
The AOI Community will enable organizations to share documents, links to resources, tools, etc. We already have a collection of checklists, worksheets, forms, guides, reports, and more. There is no need to recreate the wheel! Organizations share these documents for other members to utilize.
Community Chats
AOI sets up optional meetings that members can attend to discuss topics of interest. We hold approximately two each month. We also offer members the opportunity to request targeted Chats so that they can pose questions or challenges to other members, who then brainstorm solutions and refer to resources that can help resolve the issue.
