Organizations Filed Purposes:
Organizational Mission- We aim to transform the child welfare system by building a national grassroots movement led by foster youth and their families. Truly transformative foster care reform will not come to fruition unless the individuals who have personal experience are leading the effort to develop and design needed policy change and programs.
NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE AIMS TO TRANSFORM THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND VASTLY IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR FOSTER YOUTH.
Program Service Accomplishments: NFYIs programs train the next generation of foster youth to transform the child welfare system. NFYI trains members in community organizing, critical thinking, program analysis and design, policy, leadership and professional development, and communication. These trainings are vital to mobilizing foster youth and partnering with policy makers to create systematic change within the child welfare system. NFYI aims to be at the forefront of all child welfare policy reform and creation. The goal is for policy makers to harness the expertise foster youth have whenever developing new programs and policy. Since 2012, NFYI has elevated the voices of hundreds of current and former foster youth resulting in transformative change within the child welfare system, a culture shift among decision makers, and the development of professional and organizing skills among these youth. Participants in the 2019 Shadow Day program educated and maintained contact with Members of Congress about the lack of health care coverage for foster youth who move out of their home state. After hearing the stories and experiences of NFYI members who struggled with health care, Representatives introduced the Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Foster Youth Act (H.R. 6959). The bill was named after a 2019 Shadow Day participant who passed away after contracting coronavirus.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sally Fairman | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $150,577 |
| Marcus Scribner | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jewels Elmore Washington | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Wendy Smith | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Nii-Quartelai Quartey | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Yolanda Parker | CO-TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Nanxi Liu | Director | 2 | $0 |
| David Herbst | CO-TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Karen Bass | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Conway Collis | Chairman | 5 | $0 |
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