Los Angeles  County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the City of Santa Clarita Community Services and Arts, and Zonta donated nearly $8,000 to the Fostering Youth Independence, (FYI) ‘Ready, Set, Drive!’ program. The ‘Ready, Set, Drive!’ program was introduced to equip foster youth to successfully obtain their drivers license by providing students with study sessions, payments for DMV license fees ...

Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) was named one of eight winners for its strategies to support aged-out foster youth. On Thursday, Aging Out Institute (AOI) announced FYI was one of eight recipients to be awarded for its influence and support of foster youth and aged-out foster participants, according to a statement from AOI Executive Director Lynn Tonini. “Winning an AOI National ...

Local nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is seeking “Allies” to work one-on-one with Santa Clarita youth who are aging out of the L.A. County foster care system. A special training session is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 17 for interested FYI volunteers. Volunteer Allies have the unique opportunity to directly impact the lives of Santa Clarita’s transition-age foster youth (ages 16 ...

Local nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is seeking ‘Allies’ to work one on one with Santa Clarita youth who are aging out of the L.A. County foster care system. FYI Volunteers can help foster youth get needed resources, and provide guidance and encouragement as they complete post-secondary education training, officials said.   “We don’t turn away any youth who need our ...

Nineteen local foster youth were celebrated at Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) “Celebration of Everything” this week for earning high school diplomas, professional certification, associate degrees or bachelor degrees. The event also celebrated the 84 volunteers who make a difference in the lives of the youth.  About 150 people gathered for the celebration, honoring graduates. Seven youth received high school diplomas, ...

Local nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is seeking “allies” to work one-on-one with Santa Clarita youth who are aging out of the Los Angeles County foster care system. Volunteer allies have the unique opportunity to directly impact the lives of Santa Clarita’s foster youth, from ages 16 to 25, by helping them obtain much-needed resources and offering encouragement as they ...

With May recognized as National Foster Care Awareness Month, local non-profit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is highlighting a particular challenge faced by youth aging out of foster care – homelessness.  The grim statistic is that 36 percent of these vulnerable foster youth become homeless within the first 18 months of aging out of the system. One way FYI can help ...

Honoring the start of National Volunteer Month, Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is celebrating the many members of the community who have stepped up to support Santa Clarita foster youth since the organization’s founding five years ago. Since the organization’s founding, a total of 134 volunteers have contributed their talents to FYI in areas including being an Ally, board member tutor, ...

Santa Clarita nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is celebrating its five year anniversary this year.  “Looking through photos taken over the past 5 years, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who made FYI the life-changing community it is today,” said Carolyn Olsen, executive director and co-founder.  FYI started at the beginning of 2017 with the question of how to ...

Fostering Youth Independence (FYI), a Santa Clarita non-profit, is celebrating the end result of their year-end giving campaign that raised more than $45,000 in efforts to provide educational accessibility for local foster youth.  The year of 2021 reportedly ended on a very positive note for FYI when their year-end giving campaign raised over $45,000– a donation allocated to Santa Clarita ...