By: Sondra Nunez
NFBPWC Secretary 2022-2024

Stanford Sierra Youth & Families

When my daughter and son-in-law decided to work through a foster to adopt agency, they chose Stanford Sierra Youth & Families. Below is information about this organization and ways you might be able to help. 

Stanford Sierra Youth & Families provides a continuum of care to empower youth and families to overcome challenges together, as well as connects youth in foster care to the permanent loving families they need and deserve. We support the entire family with professional treatment and compassionate care, so every youth can thrive at home, in school, and in the community. Those we serve are able to heal, learn life skills, and build relationships through our research-based, family-centered, targeted approach. 

We are determined to give every young person a chance at a healthy, productive and self-sufficient life with lifelong family connections. It is our unwavering commitment to meaningful and sustainable outcomes that distinguishes our organization as a leader in the field.

Mission

Transforming lives by nurturing permanent connections and empowering families to solve challenges together, so every young person can thrive.

Vision

We envision our communities with safe, lifelong connections for all young people, built and strengthened through generations of empowered families.

Values

• Compassion

• Equity

• Excellence

• Honor

• Integrity

• Partnership

How you can help?

Copper for Kids is a campaign of Stanford Sierra Youth & Families (SSYAF) and was founded over 11 years ago. It was established to raise funds to provide permanent loving families and support services to local children in foster care. Without the support of a family, these vulnerable youth face devastating outcomes. Within just 2 years of aging out of foster care, more than 50% of these youth will be homeless, in jail, or addicted to drugs and alcohol.

Originally the campaign focused on enlisting the support of the construction industry to raise funds through recycling scrap copper and has now expanded to include more ways to help. Together, we can ensure that every child in foster care has permanent connections to family and the support they need to thrive. 

COLLECT SCRAP COPPER - By collecting scrap copper and other recyclable materials from job sites, you and your company can make a lasting impact on the life of a child.

• CHOOSE STANFORD SIERRA - Is your company planning a golf tournament or other fundraising event? Choosing SSYAF as the beneficiary is a simple way to generate valuable resources for youth in foster care.

• SPONSOR - Become a sponsor for the annual Copper for Kids Golf Tournament hosted by Iron Mechanical and help raise funds to provide permanent, loving families for local children in foster care.

• DONATE - Make a gift today to ensure children have the unconditional commitment of a family. Click here to donate. 

• MENTOR - Become a mentor who can open a world of wonder for a youth in foster care. Attend an upcoming orientation for more information! Email wonder@ssyaf.org to learn more.

FOSTER/ADOPT – Open your heart and home to a child in foster care. Contact us at (916) 344-0199 or email pathways@ssyaf.orgto learn how you can help.