OCJ KIDS

Changing the Culture of Foster Care in Arizona

Provide OPPORTUNITY, create COMMUNITY, and fight for JUSTICE for foster and at-risk kids.

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Tools 4 Success

Imagine starting a new school year with nothing but an empty backpack. For foster kids, this feeling is all too familiar. With limited funds, it’s difficult for foster kids to buy a new backpack or new school supplies to fit in with their classmates.

OCJ Kids’ annual Tools 4 Success is designed to ensure that every foster child going back to school has one less thing to worry about!

A simple gift can help build the confidence of foster kids entering the new school year.

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AS Good As GOLD GALA

Celebrate in style with OCJ Kids at the annual As Good As Gold Gala. The Let’s Adventure Together-inspired gala will be a dazzling celebration filled with unforgettable moments and inspirational stories.

We’ll explore the parallels between Great Adventure and the experiences of foster kids living in care, where their resilience, desire to belong, and dreams are highlighted.

Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity to make a meaningful impact!

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Areas of involvement

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of foster children suffer from PTSD

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children are in Arizona DCS foster care.

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Aged-out youth face homelessness or prison within a year

OCJ Kids’

Points of Impact!

OCJ Kids measures how its programs and services are positively impacting the youth through Points of Impact (POl) or the number of times we connect with foster and at-risk children through resources, events, mentoring and more! This approach and impact ensures the creation of meaningful relationships and lifelong connections.

Impacting Our Community

Children removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, or other safety concerns often face significant challenges, including limited access to essential resources, lack of support during transitions, and difficulty navigating independent living after aging out of the foster care system.

Ways OCJ Kids are Involved

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Emergency Removal Resources

In partnership with Department of Child Safety (DCS), OCJ Kids fills a gap in the underfunded system. Working with DCS, OCJ Kids provides resources statewide to kids upon removal from their home.

Group Home Support

When a child is removed from their home, they are placed in a foster home, kinship care, or a foster group home with other foster kids. OCJ Kids partners with 160 group homes across the state to provide programs and support so the youth have many of the same opportunities as non-foster youth.

Aged-Out Youth

OCJ Kids maintains relationships with youth after they exit foster care. OCJ Kids provides ongoing support and resources, including mentors to help them create a life plan, build communities of support, and provide other assistance so they can attain and excel in independent living.

OCJ Kids serves as a trusted partner to Arizona’s Department of Child Safety Offices. In addition, we currently partner with Child Welfare officials in the state of Oregon, South Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Child Protective Service (CPS; DCS for Arizona) helps keep our children safe. With our community, OCJ Kids provides love, security, and community to kids in care.