Goals
- Lead school community forums on safety for gay youth in foster care.
- Train parents, workers on developmental issues of gay youth in care.
- Hold monthly Network of Support conference calls for 25 parents.
- Build a community-based network of "Moms" to support parents and youth
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Overview
Every child deserves a loving, supportive family as a birthright. Unfortunately, gay and lesbian youth in care face rejection and are three times as likely as straight peers to live in group institutions. Homelessness, depression, and suicide rates for these youth are extremely high. "A Thousand Moms" educates and supports foster/adoptive parents to help them meet the developmental and emotional needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth. These needs cannot be met by the child welfare organizations charged with their care--outside of room, board, clothing, and supervision. We partner with schools, churches, and agencies along with parents-foster and adoptive-to educate on the needs of gay youth and prevent family breakups. We educate for tolerance.
Deliverables:
--10 community education forums across New York
--10 network of support conference calls
--$25,000 in donations from individuals and businesses
--1,000 member "Moms" signed up
How will the 50K be Used? |
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| Budget Notes: We do not have a large overhead, such as high salaries, Nor do we pay for rent of office space. | |
| $ 20,000 | 10 Network of Support conference calls |
| $ 20,000 | 10 Community education forums |
| $ 5,000 | Recruit and train "Mom" community volunteers |
| $ 3,500 | Handouts, flyers, curriculum print outs |
| $ 1,500 | Toward a new Mac computer |
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