Change Needs Leaders...

Motivated more than most young people, these kids have a voice and a vision for a better life.

Young people from the foster care system come to us with many challenges to overcome.  Some are over-medicated so they are less disruptive and others have no personal values - since most are shuffled from home-to-home with limited supervision.  All of them experience only public education - with no consistent voice to advocate for their personal learning challenges.  The case managers who care for them, assigned by the State, change routinely so there is no stability in getting the individual help they may need.

These young people have low self-esteem because they often come from abusive environments where they were reminded of their flaws consistently.  They most often wear used clothing that rarely fits and have a sense of disconnectedness - even at school - because they bear the "foster kid" label.  Many come to us angry and frustrated about their lives and their futures.

• 100% graduate high school
• 82% average decrease in case "incident" reports
• No arrests
• No pregnancies
• 80% reduction in prescribed drugs
• 90% average reduction in self-harm attempts
• 97% average program attendance
• 450 average volunteer hours per youth, annually

Love grows here... With 50+ nonprofits serving the Arizona foster care system, you'd assume many nonprofits overlap services.  With some organizations, that's true but the interest-based programs of The Scott Foundation are unique; our programs are comprehensive and transforming.  What we offer that others do not:

• An understanding and connection with the earth
• Work-learn environments in multiple career paths
• Personal development tools, touching an individual's "core", that are not typical in any other organizations
• A community of support and the ability for these young people to actually interact with all those community members who care about them
• Individualized, practical life-skills training to fill the gaps that exist elsewhere
• Constant advocacy and support from our leadership team

• Only 54% will have a high school diploma
• 20% will become homeless within a year
• 25% will become incarcerated within two year
• Just 50% will be underemployed by age 24
• Only 3% will obtain a college degree
• 71% of all girls will become pregnant before age 21