The Mockingbird Society

Our Mission To transform foster care and end youth homelessness. Working in partnership with young people whove lived through the systems were transforming, we change policies, perceptions, and practices that stand in between any young person and a safe, supportive, stable home. Our Vision Each and every young person, regardless of race and individual experience, reaches adulthood with an equitable opportunity to thrive. The Mockingbird Society works with young people and families to transform foster care and end youth homelessness. We think holistically, creatively, and passionately about meeting societys obligations to children and youth who need out-of-home care. Our advocacy is rooted in the direct experiences and voices of young people who have experienced foster care and youth homelessness. Our youth programs train young people who have experienced homelessness or in foster care to become their own best advocates. By doing so, they change policies and perceptions that st...