Alternative Family Services

All Families Surrogacy will contribute to Basic Rights Oregon as part of this year's #GivingTuesday, happening on November 29. #GivingTuesday is a worldwide day of giving and volunteerism; last year more than 700,000 people raised over $115,000,000 in donations as part of the global social media event.

As one of the largest organizations in Oregon serving the LGBTQ community, Basic Rights Oregon (www.basicrights.org) works to ensure equality through public policy. For 20 years, they have battled anti-gay ballot measures within the state; last year, Oregon was recognized as the second-most LGBTQ-friendly state in the nation, in part due to legislative victories championed by Basic Rights Oregon. AFS is committed to making a financial contribution to this organization on #GivingTuesday by matching up to the first $1000 in donations collected by our strong community.

Mission

The Mission of Alternative Family Services is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability, safety, and well-being in communities.

Needs

AFS uses unrestricted funds to provide critical services and resources including: violence intervention, education & prevention, tutoring, therapeutic supplies and 1-on-1 therapeutic intervention. The physical, mental and/or sexual abuse and neglect plus the traumatic consequences of being separated from family cannot be understated when considering the above outcomes and the importance of the unfunded critical needs and services that will help make foster youth constructive, independent members of their communities.

Foster youth have few advantages in life and don't benefit from much of what many children take for granted-the opportunity to go to summer camp, participate in sports, receive after school tutoring, learn an instrument, learn art etc. Further, many of these children don't even have athletic shoes to wear during recess, and when taken from their homes in the middle of the night they many times have to leave their personal items behind. Holidays and birthdays are particularly difficult. During a stressful and scary time, the process of entering a foster home, and then live with virtual strangers can be very challenging and the integration puts pressure on both the child and the foster parents.

At AFS we believe in providing children with those items and experiences that enrich their lives, to provide and give them access to opportunities for bonding with their foster or adoptive family, and to help provide some aspect of normalcy and safety that most of us take for granted. This could include such things as tutoring lessons, athletic wear, summer camp, movie tickets for family bonding, holiday and birthday gifts, school supplies etc. AFS has a $480,000 goal to provide children with these enrichment opportunities.

AFS must use grants, financial and in-kind donations to upgrade all of its technology needs to make sure all staff and client needs are met.

AFS is always looking out for professional individuals who have a passion to help foster youth and actively participate in governing and advancement.

AFS is always in need of:

- New backpacks

- Gift cards for the needs of older foster youth

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Alternative Family Services

other names

AFS

Tax id (EIN)

94-2427088

Mission Category

Human Services

Operating Budget

$10,000,001-$100 million

Organization Need

Funding: Unrestricted, Funding: Program, Technology, Board Members, In-Kind Donations

Address

8795 Folsom Blvd. #101
Sacramento, CA 95826

Phone

510-759-1271

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