Local non-profit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is seeking out volunteers for a training session in March. FYI is scheduled to hold a training session on March 7th at 6 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in Valencia for residents interested in supporting Santa Clarita youth who are anticipated to age out of the L.A. foster care system. FYI volunteers, also known ...

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, ...

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 ...

As National Foster Care Month comes to a close, Fostering Youth Indepence (FYI) in Santa Clarita has recognized an individual who has embraced the FYI community. Santa Clarita’s FYI group has chosen to spotlight Gabriel, an individual who’s endured the adversity that comes along with leaving the foster care system and faced a plethora of challenges that led him to ...

A Santa Clarita nonprofit, Fostering Youth Independence (FYI), is seeking “allies” to work with youth who are aging out of the Los Angeles County foster care system amidst the pandemic. A virtual training session is scheduled to be held Tuesday, Nov. 10 for interested volunteers, according to the organization. “The COVID-19 shutdown has heightened foster youths’ need for support, which ...