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iFoster Goes Viral - Helping Raise 150,000 Children in Foster Care in its First 3 Months
TRUCKEE, Calif., Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- iFoster today announced that its online community (http://www.ifoster.org) is improving the lives of over 150,000 children in foster care across 48 states.
On any day, more than 500,000 children, removed from their homes due to abuse, violence or neglect, are raised in a system that is under-funded and stretched beyond capacity. Placed often outside of their community, subjected to multiple placements, and with more than 20,000 aging-out annually, the lives of these children are too often tragic. Over 80 percent who never find a permanent home end up living in poverty, prison, homeless, or struggling young parents.
iFoster is changing this dynamic through an online community that provides support, information, and leverages the strength of billions of dollars in purchasing power and millions of voices to benefit these children.
Serita Cox, iFoster's co-founder, commented, "iFoster is approaching the issues in foster care from an entirely new direction. Until now, the heroic people raising and supporting these children have been isolated from each other. We are breaking through the barriers and bringing together this large and passionate community to improve the lives and futures for all children in foster care."
In October, 2010, iFoster launched its marketplace to close the funding gap for basic needs in foster care. The government currently provides only 64 percent of the cost of basic needs for each child in foster care. The marketplace leverages the over $3 billion in purchasing power spent on basic needs to negotiate discounts and stretch limited funds farther. As iFoster's membership grows, so does the community's purchasing power.
Later this year, iFoster will launch a knowledge center to aggregate relevant information about the foster care system, raising children and services available regionally. Social media functionality will enable the community to support each other as well as share, recommend and rate information, services and discounts they find most valuable. In aggregate, iFoster enables the development of a vibrant community with a collective voice millions strong to improve the system.
About iFoster
iFoster, a non-profit launched in October 2010, seeks to improve the lives of all children in foster care. http://www.ifoster.org is available for free to the foster care community, from caregivers (foster/guardian/kinship/adoptive families), to the organizations that support foster children, and emancipated foster youth.
Contact:
Reid Cox Co-founder
reid@ifoster.org
530.414.3035
SOURCE iFoster
iFoster
CONTACT: Reid Cox, Co-founder of iFoster, +1-530-414-3035, reid@ifoster.org
Web Site: http://www.ifoster.org
iFoster Goes Viral - Helping Raise 150,000 Children in Foster Care in its First 3 Months
TRUCKEE, Calif., Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- iFoster today announced that its online community (http://www.ifoster.org) is improving the lives of over 150,000 children in foster care across 48 states.
On any day, more than 500,000 children, removed from their homes due to abuse, violence or neglect, are raised in a system that is under-funded and stretched beyond capacity. Placed often outside of their community, subjected to multiple placements, and with more than 20,000 aging-out annually, the lives of these children are too often tragic. Over 80 percent who never find a permanent home end up living in poverty, prison, homeless, or struggling young parents.
iFoster is changing this dynamic through an online community that provides support, information, and leverages the strength of billions of dollars in purchasing power and millions of voices to benefit these children.
Serita Cox, iFoster's co-founder, commented, "iFoster is approaching the issues in foster care from an entirely new direction. Until now, the heroic people raising and supporting these children have been isolated from each other. We are breaking through the barriers and bringing together this large and passionate community to improve the lives and futures for all children in foster care."
In October, 2010, iFoster launched its marketplace to close the funding gap for basic needs in foster care. The government currently provides only 64 percent of the cost of basic needs for each child in foster care. The marketplace leverages the over $3 billion in purchasing power spent on basic needs to negotiate discounts and stretch limited funds farther. As iFoster's membership grows, so does the community's purchasing power.
Later this year, iFoster will launch a knowledge center to aggregate relevant information about the foster care system, raising children and services available regionally. Social media functionality will enable the community to support each other as well as share, recommend and rate information, services and discounts they find most valuable. In aggregate, iFoster enables the development of a vibrant community with a collective voice millions strong to improve the system.
About iFoster
iFoster, a non-profit launched in October 2010, seeks to improve the lives of all children in foster care. http://www.ifoster.org is available for free to the foster care community, from caregivers (foster/guardian/kinship/adoptive families), to the organizations that support foster children, and emancipated foster youth.
Contact:
Reid Cox Co-founder
reid@ifoster.org
530.414.3035
SOURCE iFoster
iFoster
CONTACT: Reid Cox, Co-founder of iFoster, +1-530-414-3035, reid@ifoster.org
Web Site: http://www.ifoster.org