Family and Youth Initiative is the only DC area organization focused exclusively on helping teens in foster care make lifelong connections with caring adults. We create enriching lifetime relationships for youth at risk of aging out of foster care. We match youth with host parents and mentors, and help them find adoptive families.
Connecting TEENS Creating Families, Changing Lives
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Best of Both Worlds
The main thing DCFYI does is help teens in foster care make lifelong connec...
The Fosters
The Fosters is a new show on ABC Family - a realistic take on a family that...
Growing up in Foster Care
“Why should it be any surprise that foster kids would suffer from (PTSD)?...