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Quick Facts about the Leslie Family Childrens Foundation
- 70% of children aging out of foster care end up homeless.
- LFCF is a brand new organization formed by volunteers solely to help foster youth make the difficult transition from youth home into the community.
- LFCF believes that youth should have a voice in and be a resource for our program.
- LFCF encourages youth involvement and promotes collaboration among agencies in program planning.
- LFCF intends to provide a platform to help facilitate interaction between youth, service providers and community individuals to improve the transition process.
- LFCF will help identify areas in which our community can develop new services and strengthen existing services to provide a comprehensive system to support youth transitioning from care.
- LFCF knows that for the young people that "age out" of foster care each year, the transition to sefl-sufficiency requires a strong safety net of services and support.
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