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Pierce County Alliance Youth Services
• Foster Care • Foster Care To College • Independent Living Skills • Responsible Living Skills • Transitional Living
Foster Care to College Program named Best Practice for Education! In a February 2008 report on Youth Aging out of Foster Care, The National Association of Counties (NACO) identified Pierce County, WA “Foster Care to College Program” as an educational best practice. To read more about the Foster Care to College Program click on the link above. To read the NACO report click here www.naco.org/Content/ContentGroups/Issue_Briefs/IB-YouthAgingoutofFoster-2008.pdf
Welcome to the Pierce County Alliance Youth Services website! Our mission is to “Advance the well being of all children in foster care.” We cannot do this without your help. It truly takes strong partnerships and collaborative relationships to help children who live in the foster care system grow up to be healthy and strong individuals. Please browse our website to learn more about what we do and about our programs.
If you would like to learn more about becoming a foster parent, just simply click on the yellow bar below and fill out our simple questionnaire. You can also click on the “meet our staff” link above and contact our foster home licensor directly.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor for a foster youth, please click on the Foster Care to College link to learn more.
We are seeking foster homes that can provide a safe, loving, and positive environment for foster youth and who enjoy working in a team setting. We are also recruiting homes who have an interest in working with parenting and/or pregnant teens. Contact us today and we will be glad to assist you with your questions or help guide you through this process. Thank you for your interest in Pierce County Alliance Youth Services and your interest in making the foster care system a better place for children to live.

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Independent Living Skills
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Independent Living Skills (ILS) Program |
If you are a youth in ILS, Please join us every Tuesday from 3:30-4:45 for Life Group! A fun social time to eat and learn life skills.
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