EJ Smith is raising funds for kids in foster care

As a proud supporter of Florida Foster Care Review, I’m raising funds this Give Miami Day to help ensure no child in foster care is overlooked. FFCR’s trained volunteers review each child’s case, uncover their unmet needs, and fight to secure the services, stability, and forever families they deserve — advocating for more than 250 children every year. Every gift between $25 and $10,000 is matched, so your support goes even further. Please join me from November 14–19 in building brighter futures for Miami’s most vulnerable children. Thank you for caring!

Some hard hitting facts:

1. On any given day, roughly 1,370 children in Miami-Dade County are living in foster care — and about 1,900 are served over the course of a year. (Fostering Court Improvement, Miami-Dade, FY 2021–22)
2. A child removed from home in Miami-Dade waits a median of 12+ months to find permanency — and more than 1 in 4 (28%) have been in care longer than two years. (Fostering Court Improvement, Miami-Dade)
3. Only 33% of Miami-Dade children achieve permanency within a year — below the statewide rate of 41%. Every month of delay is a month a child spends without a stable, permanent family. (Fostering Court Improvement, Miami-Dade)

Your gift will help make sure these kids get the services (tutoring, mental health, mentorship, etc.) they need, help to find them forever families, and maybe even prevent them from going into foster care.  Thank you!