Fostering Media Connections

Fostering families today fft fft is an award-winning bi-monthly print and digital magazine distributed to resource families and kin caregivers across the country. More than just a magazine, fft ensures caregivers are educated about the latest developments in trauma-informed care and provides them with an opportunity to earn continuing education credits through reading comprehension. During the year ended june 30, 2024 the organization published 6 issues and distributed more than 102,000 copies to caregivers across the us, including 4 fully translated spanish issues.

Youth voices rising program yvr was established in 2016 as a journalism training program for young people with lived experience in the foster care or juvenile justice systems, to date, we have published hundreds of personal reflections and opinion pieces from young people. During calendar year 2024, 46 youth-written pieces were published.