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- EIN 45-3860344
- 213-379-5359
- P.O. Box 861928 Los Angeles, CA 90086 FMC Main Phone: (213) 379-5359 Los Angeles CA 90086 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Adoption, Child Abuse Prevention, Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Foster Care, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Fostering Media Connections (FMC) uses journalism and media to lead the conversation about children, youth and families.
Target demographics: FMC’s key programs 1) drive child welfare and youth justice policy and practice awareness through the journalism we produce and distribute with media partners and across other media platforms; 2) train youth with lived experience to lead the conversation around improving the youth justice and child welfare systems; and 3) drive a public discourse that elevates the needs of children, youth and families involved in public systems.
Geographic areas served: Fostering Media Connections (FMC) uses journalism and media to lead the conversation about children, youth and families.
Programs: FMC’s programs are: * The Imprint, a national nonprofit online news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. The Imprint produces daily news stories, expert columns and op-eds provide in-depth coverage of the people, policies and practices that land children in foster care and criminal courts. * Youth Voices Rising, a journalism training program for foster youth with lived experience in the youth justice systems and/or homelessness to help youth gain the skills and confidence they need to articulate the policy and practice changes needed to improve the system. * Fostering Families Today, a bimonthly resource magazine, which is distributed to foster, adoptive and kinship families across America. * SafeCamp Audio, a podcast network producing and promoting quality audio content on child welfare, youth justice and youth homelessness.