• Child welfare supervisors can sharpen their leadership skills by applying to participate in an online leadership academy for supervisors.
• National Child Welfare Workforce Institute www.ncwwi.org/super.htm

• Volunteer to help a foster care program in your state. Your contribution to these agencies will mean brighter and safer tomorrows for children and youth in your state and across America.
• CWLA member agencies www.cwla.org/members/members.htm

• Volunteer with a local foster care program to provide personal, social and academic enrichment opportunities for youth in your community.
• Foster Care to Success, a national service movement sponsored by Orphan Foundation of America www.orphan.org

• Recognize a person or organization helping foster youth in your community. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper in praise of someone making a difference in the life of a child in foster care.
• National Foster Care Month Toolkit www.fostercaremonth.org

• Help young people in foster care (and their caregivers) improve their financial literacy and gain practical money management skills.
• Foster Youth Money Guides www.aecf.org/orderpublications.aspx

• Are you a young person who wants to support other kids? Join a youth-led effort to raise funds and public awareness in your community to benefit kids in foster care and to fight child abuse and neglect.
• Advocacy Club www.advocacy.fosterclub.com

• Make presentations to your faith-based congregation, civic group, PTA, and other neighborhood associations. Encourage your community to come together to find families and resources that help young people in foster care thrive.
• National Foster Care Month Toolkit www.fostercaremonth.org

• Become a virtual mentor for a young person in college. Expand the circle of support for a youth in foster care as an e-mail/online pen pal.
• Orphan Foundation of America www.orphan.org

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