Created by a former foster youth with lived experience:
FOSTER Success is a financial empowerment program, designed to help foster youth and transitional age youth build practical money skills, prepare for independence, and strengthen confidence around real-life decisions.
The program is designed for current and former foster youth, transitional age youth, and young people navigating independence, education, work, housing, and financial decision-making.
No. FOSTER Success can also support former foster youth and transitional age youth who would benefit from practical financial education and transition support.
FOSTER Success can be offered virtually or in person depending on the format and partner organization.
FOSTER Success is dedicated to offering workshops to as many organization that need it. Check back here for a list of organization we partner with for workshop access.

Topics includes:
Budgeting, banking, saving, credit, debt, housing readiness, AB12, FAFSA, scholarships, student loans, career planning, and financial empowerment.
These topics are consistent with your workshop breakdown and series-wide outcomes.
Participants leave with practical tools, reflection activities, financial skill-building support, and a personalized financial empowerment plan.
No. FOSTER Success is about more than money.
It connects financial literacy to stability, confidence, transition planning, self-advocacy, and future goals.
Resources may include:
Budgeting tools, banking guides, goal-setting worksheets, FAFSA support tools, housing readiness resources, and educational articles.
You can join the email list and visit the Resources page for tools, articles, FAQs, and spoken word content.

Schools, nonprofits, foster youth organizations, independent living programs, housing programs, and other youth-serving agencies can partner with FOSTER Success.
Yes. Programs can request a single workshop, a workshop package, or the full 6-session series.
FOSTER Success is generally designed for youth ages 14–26.
Yes. Workshops can be adjusted based on age range, audience needs, setting, and program goals.
FOSTER Success helps youth:
Build budgeting, saving, credit, and goal-setting skills; understand systems such as AB12, banking, and FAFSA; reduce financial anxiety; and complete a personalized financial empowerment plan.

FOSTER Success is designed specifically for current / former foster youth and transitional age youth.
Created by a former foster youth with lived experience, the program combines trauma-informed financial education with real-life transition support in areas like budgeting, banking, credit, housing, AB12, education funding, and future planning.
Workshops may be delivered virtually or in person.
The full series is structured as 6 workshop sessions.
Sessions are 90 minutes each.
Programs can submit a partner inquiry, request pricing, or book a consultation through the website.
Go to Book / Contact page to fill out the inquiry form.
Yes. Individuals can get involved by supporting the program, collaborating, donating, volunteering, or joining the email list for updates.
You can fill out the Get Involved inquiry form on the Booking page.