Portland Nonprofit for Youth Experiencing Foster Care

An average of 160 youth a month come into foster care in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties. The first 48 hours are a challenging time for kids and your support helps us provide them with bags of high quality goods and necessities within the first 48 hours of coming into care.

SUPPORT FOSTER YOUTH

OUR MISSION

Project 48 exists to provide support to youth experiencing foster care, ages 7-23, by providing essential items and life skills during vulnerable and traumatic transitions.

Essential Items

foster youth with care backpack

Every youth who receives a care bag from Project 48 receives high quality new backpacks, clothes, shoes, and toiletries that can ease them into a new foster home.

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Life Skills

adult foster youth

The Life Skills Program provides life skills and job training for young adults aged 17-23 who are currently in or have recently exited the foster care system in the greater Portland area.

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Holiday Giving Tree

foster youth with gift

Every year we provide teens in foster care with bags of fun items we know they will love. Join us as we serve an often overlooked group of our community and help them to feel loved during the holidays.

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OUR IMPACT

12,000


Average # of youth

who enter foster care each year in Oregon


 TOTAL NUMBER OF

YOUTH SERVED 


4303

  

 

11

   PARTNER AGENCIES SERVED

   

 

 

TAKE ACTION

Volunteer your energy, talents and resources to bring essential items and hope to youth experiencing foster care who need it. 

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