CAMPAIGN CELEBRATION

The Campaign for LifeSet

THE BRIDGE FROM FOSTER CARE TO ADULTHOOD

Youth Villages Oregon launched a $2 million fundraising campaign to expand our reach to youth aging out of foster care with evidence-informed LifeSet. Here’s why:

HALF OF OLDER TEENS WHO LEAVE FOSTER CARE AGE OUT VS. BEING REUNITED OR CONNECTED WITH A FAMILY.

A THIRD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOME AND PLACED IN FOSTER CARE MULTIPLE TIMES.

HALF HAVE EXPERIENCED THREE OR MORE FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS.

A THIRD EXPERIENCED A GROUP HOME OR INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT DURING THEIR MOST RECENT FOSTER CARE STAY.

LESS THAN A QUARTER OF YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVE SERVICES TO HELP THEM WITH EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR HOUSING.

TIMELINE OF GENEROSITY

JANUARY 2023

GOAL REACHED

OCTOBER

90% raised toward $$2 million goal.

DECEMBER

Launched final public phase of campaign to reach goal by year end

JANUARY

Achieved first $50,000 matching support of Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund challenge grant

MAY

Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund approved a $150,000 challenge grant to support LifeSet expansion

Raised 50% of campaign goal

SEPTEMBER

Quietly launched $2 million capacity campaign to increase the number of young people we can serve with LifeSet

Young people aging out of foster care

have so much potential, but without family support, many transition-age foster youth struggle to meet even basic adult needs and expectations.

We believe this is a solvable problem. And so do you. You helped raise $2 million and achieve our financial support goal to provide LifeSet to more youth!

Now we focus on the next phase of this campaign: State of Oregon investments in evidence-informed programs that help youth successfully transition out of care; strategic partnerships to eliminate cracks youth fall through; education expansion and career learning opportunities for youth aging out of foster care.