“Change Happens Here”

When we look at our young adults involved in Connected by 25, we not only see foster care youth, we see future CEO’s, CFO’s, warehouse managers and salespeople in the business community. We see young entrepreneurs who will open restaurants, drycleaners,
lawn service and technology firms. We see future bankers, health care professionals and educators.

Connected by 25 is a community initiative that engages youth, public/private partners and policy makers to improve outcomes for foster youth through investments in services and programs.
Our mission is to ensure that foster care youth are educated, housed, banked, employed and connected to a support system by age 25.

To achieve our mission, Connected by25 works with communities to develop programs and services with measurable outcomes in order to better prepare youth aging out of Florida's foster care system to make a successful transition to adulthood.

The strategies around Connected by25 were developed and supported by national and local foundations that are members of the Youth Transition Funders Group and the Foster Care Work Group. They and their community partners are trying to improve the lives of the nation's most vulnerable young people.