Help “FOSTER” Care

Help “FOSTER” Care

A non-profit project to assist Foster Care Youth “aging-out” of foster care.

Foster Care Furniture is a 501-C3 non-profit corporation, We provide foster care youth aging out of foster care training in woodworking. They help us make furniture for sale. We sell the furniture and all the proceeds go to help aging-out foster youth survive through their difficult transition into adulthood.

In most cases, foster care for children ends when the child becomes 18 years. However, the National Opinion Research Center reports that the full transition to adulthood does not happen until the age of 26. With no committed adult to assist them to overcome obstacles, it invites many problems. This program is designed to assist with the struggles these youths face in transitioning to adults.

We need a Van to transport building materials and finished products. Go Fund Me funds, and proceeds from the sale of furniture will be used to buy a Van and get us closer to profitability. Once Foster Care Furniture gains profitability the program will be able to contribute funds to help foster care youth on a continuous basis.

FOSTER CARE FURNITURE will request guidance from the Department of Health and Welfare, the Idaho Department of Labor, and the U S Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Welfare to set up assistance to provide foster care young adults with counseling, and career planning.

Starting in Idaho and expanding to other states successful implementation of FOSTER CARE FURNITURE can offer aging-out foster youth the support they need to successfully transition from foster care to independent adulthood.

As the founder of Protect Idaho Kids, and a Guardian Ad Litem for the 4th judicial district of Idaho, I believe this program will greatly help many of these foster children.

Bruce Wingate

President, Foster Care Furniture

www.fostercarefurniture.org