• Child welfare administrators can apply to participate in the Leadership Academy for Middle Managers to increase their effectiveness in leadership, workforce development and succession planning.
• National Child Welfare Workforce Institute www.ncwwi.org/midman.htm

• Become a licensed respite care provider as a way of providing support to foster families in your neighborhood.
• National Foster Parent Association www.nfpainc.org

• Tutor a child. Because they must change schools frequently (or sometimes have social/behavioral challenges to overcome), youth in foster care may benefit greatly from extra academic support. See below or contact local foster care agencies, Boys and Girls Clubs, and YMCAs and YWCAs to ask about how to become a volunteer tutor.

• Help young people in foster care organize a youth leadership or support group.
• FosterClub www.fosterclub.org

• Encourage business leaders in your community to support young people in foster care. Ask your company to distribute this Change a Lifetime menu of ways to get involved (available for download at www.fostercaremonth.org) to educate and involve employees and customers. Collaborate with the National Foster Care Month Partners and local child welfare agencies to develop cause-marketing promotions for the month of May and throughout the year.
• Change a Lifetime Menu
  www.fostercaremonth.org/Getinvolved/
• National Foster Care Month Partners
  www.fostercaremonth.org/TheCampaign/Partners/

• Learn how to help a youth in foster care explore career options, acquire new job skills, and find employment or a résumé-building internship. Contact the Independent Living Program in your area or visit any of the links below to find more information and how to get involved.
• Locate a State Independent Living Coordinator www.nrcys.ou.edu/yd/resources/ilcoords.php
• America’s Career Infonet www.acinet.org/acinet
• America’s Job Bank www.ajb.dni.us
• America’s Service Locator www.servicelocator.org
• CareerVoyages www.careervoyages.gov
• Career One Stop www.careeronestop.org
• It’s My Life www.casey.org/Resources/Publications/#IML
• Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative www.jimcaseyyouth.org
• Occupational Information Network www.online.onetcenter.org
• WorkforceUSA.net www.workforceusa.net
• Youthrules! www.youthrules.dol.gov

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