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Monday, 16 July 2018 / Published in News

Foster Pride

Youth in foster care are among the most vulnerable in the city: Nearly half never graduate high school; 68% of former foster children will be on food stamps; seven out of ten homeless people in New York were once in foster care. Foster Pride helps youth in foster care develop their talents and build self-esteem through mentoring relationships and the arts.

Foster Pride’s programs help kids beat the odds to succeed. By helping youth in foster care develop necessary life skills to live independently, while offering a safe haven for individualized support, encouragement and stability.

JAR supports Foster Pride’s mission by funding the John A. Reisenbach Financial Literacy Workshops, part of the HandMade program. The HandMade program provides the opportunity for teenage women in foster care to  create a line of crocheted items which and to run a small business selling them. Through this creative experience teens develop life skills and a sense of entrepreneurship that helps them on their career paths. To safeguard them from poverty, it is critical that these young women also develop the skills they need to enhance their financial competence so that they can exercise control over their future. The John A. Reisenbach Financial Literacy Workshops help the young women in HandMade develop money management skills they need to prepare them for economic self-sufficiency. These workshops round-out the creative and job-preparedness skills taught in HandMade to help these vulnerable teens transition to a successful adulthood.

We are proud of our relationship with Foster Pride and how it has fostered lasting impact on the lives of foster care youth through HandMade and the Reisenbach Financial Literacy classes. If you would like to learn more about Foster Pride, please visit their website https://www.fosterpride.org/.

Please click here to support Foster Pride and our other grantee partners working in service of a Safer and Better NYC!

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The John A. Reisenbach Foundation has worked “For a Better and Safer New York” since 1991. Through grants and strategic partnerships, we address systemic problems like unequal access to education and job training that keep individuals vulnerable and that contribute to poverty and crime. We strive every day to support safety, security, and a high quality of life for all New Yorkers.

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