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Our Programs:

Through community partnership, Tidewater Friends of Foster Care works to provide resources to ensure foster youth have the opportunity to grow and thrive.  Through our mission to assist children and families in foster care, we provide the following support:

 

Tutoring
We provide one-on-one, in-home academic tutoring to foster children AND at-risk youth who need extra support to be successful in school and this support continues after the children are reunited with their families.  PLEASE SELECT THE APPROPRIATE FORM BELOW – Foster Youth (left)  CPS At-risk Youth (middle). IXL (right) is an online resource tool for youth k-12 who are already enrolled in the TFFC tutoring program.

Tutoring Request for Foster Youth
Tutoring Request for CPS Youth

(Please note that at this time only Norfolk, Chesapeake, Franklin and Isle of Wight CPS involved youth are eligible for our services)

Submit an IXL Request (Current Tutoring Clients Only)

Coaching
We provide one-on-one, in-home career coaching to foster children who need guidance planning for their futures.

Pathways- Independent Living Program
Pathways is a year-round program designed to empower high school youth (grades 9–12) with the academic, social, and career skills necessary for lifelong success. The program includes monthly Saturday Academies during the school year as well as a 3 week long immersive college experience during the summer.

Extracurricular Activities
We support foster children’s participation in activities, including sports, fitness, the arts and other social activities that will enrich their childhoods, provide stress relief and enhance participation in the community.

YMCA Family Memberships
We partner with the YMCA to provide memberships to foster youth and their families.  Open Enrollment for new membership is held quarterly: March 1 -20, June 1-20, September 1-20 and December 1-20.

Foster Care Social Workers at our partner DSS agencies are also eligible for YMCA memberships for themselves and their families.

Driver Education
We provide funding to help foster youth obtain their driver’s license.  This includes in-class and behind the wheel training.

Camperships
We send foster children to summer camps, with a particular focus on sending siblings who are placed in separate homes or are outside of foster care to camp together! The 2027 camp season applications open on March 1st!

Emergency & Transitional Needs
We offer support to children in their time of need, by providing financial assistance for immediate and extraordinary needs that are not funded by IV-E, CSA or Medicaid. We also support youth 18+ with urgent, though not necessarily emergency needs specifically geared towards assisting them as they transition to independence.

Emergency & Transitional Need Requests

Art Competitions
Is the youth on your caseload who is  an artist, photographer, or wordsmith? It is currently our Art From the Heart competition time! Your youth can submit their art, poetry, or other written work to win Amazon gift cards!

We also have a competition to design a coffee label for our coffee collaboration with Neptune’s Fury!

Norfolk Zoo Membership Pass Loan

At The Friends of Foster Care, we believe every family deserves the opportunity to make lasting memories together. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, eligible families can borrow our Norfolk Zoo Membership Pass free of charge for a fun-filled day of adventure and learning.
Simply reserve the membership pass, pick it up from our office, enjoy your visit to the zoo, and return it so another family can experience the same opportunity. The membership pass is valid for admission for up to six people.

Zoo Loan Progam Full Info

Volunteering
If you, your community group, or someone you know would like to volunteer with TFFC, please click below.

Volunteer with TFFC

Current TFFC Service Region

TFFC currently serves foster youth whose court case is held in the highlighted counties, as well as youth receiving services from select therapeutic foster care agencies including: Impact Living Services, Fostering Acadia, Commonwealth Catholic Charities, StepStone Youth Services, enCircle, Virginia Home for Boys and Girls, and Children’s Home Society of Virginia.

We also serve at-risk youth who are not in foster care but have open CPS cases in the cities of Norfolk, Chesapeake, Franklin, and Isle of Wight county.

If your agency would like to pursue an MOU please email us at office@friendsoffostercare.org

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