It is our goal to bring awareness from every medium possible and this does not exclude documentaries and photos of our activities, projects, programs and expeditions. By documenting and reporting our efforts we intend to broaden our outreach. These multimedia features will be recorded by our volunteers during the aforementioned activities and will be available to the public.

References

About the Children in Foster Care
AdoptUSKids
Provides information about the children in foster care, including the median amount of time a child spends in care and the number of youth who age out of foster care.

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS)
Children’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
AFCARS collects case-level information on all children in foster care for whom State child welfare agencies have responsibility of placement, care, or supervision and on children who are adopted under the auspices of the State’s public child welfare agency.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau
Provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for Federal fiscal year 2016.

Child Welfare Monitoring
Children’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Overview of the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) process and reports, Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews, Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Assessment Reviews, and the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) Assessment Reviews.

• Section 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(2) of the Income Tax Regulations states that the term “charitable” is used in section 501(c)(3) of the Code in its generally accepted legal sense and includes the advancement of education.

• Section 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(3)(i)(a) of the regulations states that the term educational, as used in IRC 501(c)(3), relates to the instruction or training of the individual for the purpose of improving or developing his capabilities or the instruction of the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community.

• Example 2 in Section 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(3)(ii) of the regulations, makes it clear that “An organization whose activities consist of presenting public discussion groups, forums, panels, lectures, or other similar programs,” is educational.

• Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code provides tax exemption for organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable and/or educational purposes.