Mission

Fostering Media Connections (FMC) uses journalism and media to lead the conversation about children, youth and families. FMC's key programs 1) inform child welfare and youth justice policy discussions; 2) train youth with lived experience to lead the conversation around improving the youth justice and child welfare systems; and 3) drive a public discourse that elevates the needs of children, youth and families involved in public systems.

What We Do

Our work primarily serves children, youth and families caught up in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems by driving reform to those systems, and by teaching systems-experienced youth to produce their own journalism. We actively share our journalism with mainstream media partners to amplify our work and grab the attention of policymakers and thought-leaders in positions to change child welfare policy and practice.

FMC's programs are:
* The Imprint, a national nonprofit online news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. The Imprint produces daily news stories, expert columns and op-eds that provide in-depth coverage of the people, policies and practices that land children in foster care and criminal courts.
* Youth Voices Rising, a journalism training program for foster youth with lived experience in the youth justice systems and/or homelessness to help youth gain the skills and confidence they need to articulate the policy and practice changes needed to improve the system.
* Fostering Families Today, a bimonthly resource magazine, which is distributed to foster, adoptive and kinship families across America.
* SafeCamp Audio, a podcast network producing and promoting quality audio content on child welfare, youth justice and youth homelessness.