California Youth Connection (CYC) is a statewide, youth-led nonprofit that empowers current and former foster youth to lead advocacy, policy reform, and leadership-development efforts to improve California's child welfare system and outcomes for transition-age youth.
Child welfare reform and oversight, foster youth rights and permanency, transition-age youth services (housing, education, employment), juvenile justice reform, mental health access, and youth leadership development and participation in policymaking.
Primarily funded through foundation grants, philanthropic donations, government grants and contracts, and individual contributions.
Works in partnership with county youth leadership boards, child welfare advocacy and legal organizations, statewide and national child welfare funders and advocates, and networks of current and former foster youth leaders.
Non-profit, youth-led advocacy organization
