News Release
National Foster Care Coalition Launches New Website
May 12, 2007
Contact:
Robin Nixon
Executive Director
National Foster Coalition
rnixon@nationalfostercare.org
202.361.4046
WASHINGTON, DC — The National Foster Care Coalition (NFCC) launched a new website – www.nationalfostercare.org – on Spetember 1. The website shares coalition activities with its members, policymakers, child welfare advocates and professionals, and concerned citizens.
The site brings together NFCC news, child welfare research and resources, information on member organizations, and a calendar of events.
The site also has the latest information on the coalition’s three advocacy priority areas: child welfare financing, “aging out” and youth permanence, and education ofr youth in foster care.
National Foster Care Coalition
The National Foster Care Coalition (NFCC) is a unique partnership of more than 40 national and local organizations, as well as individuals, building public will to improve the lives of children, youth, and young adults who are, or who have been, in foster care. Through advocacy, education, and networking, NFCC works to strengthen our ability as a nation to support the positive development of every young person who must spend time in the foster care system. We believe that young people themselves are the experts on foster care, and our best allies in efforts to strengthen the services, supports, and opportunities available to them.
