Youth Membership

overview

As a member of a local CYC chapter, you will join a youth-centered movement to transform the experience and outcomes of youth impacted by the foster care system. Our members focus on legislation, policy, practice, and public education while calling for youth to be at the center of all decisions impacting their stability. By investing in the leadership of thousands of CYC youth members around California, we have created countless opportunities for youth voice to guide systems change.

Youth and young adults ages 14-24 with lived experience in foster care are encouraged to become members and organize within our chapters throughout California. With the support of staff and volunteers, chapters focus on leadership development, local community education, and policy implementation. Members also lead statewide activities, including conferences, legislative implementation, and the Statewide Membership Council (SMC). 

NEED more information?

If you would like more information about CYC and what it means to be a CYC member, please fill out the membership interest form below and a Community Advocacy Coordinator will contact you and give you all the information you need.

If you are outside of the youth membership age range of 14-24, please see our Volunteer page for more information about how to support the organization as a Volunteer Supporter.  

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY COORDINATORS

Our Community Advocacy Coordinators are responsible for providing the foundational resources for youth-led advocacy and leadership development activities in county-based chapters throughout California.