Impact Is More Than Participation. It Is Progress.
Foster Her Crown® measures success by more than attendance, workshops, or services delivered. We are building a measurement model that examines whether young people are gaining the relationships, skills, resources, and opportunities necessary to build increasingly stable and self-determined lives.
How We Define Progress
Stabilization
Greater access to resources, safety planning, navigation support, and foundations for stability.
Belonging
Trusted relationships, mentorship, community connection, and environments where participants are treated with dignity.
Skill
Development of practical, professional, entrepreneurial, financial, and leadership capabilities.
Credential
Connection to applicable education, training, and credential pathways as programs and partnerships are established.
Income
Increased preparation for employment, entrepreneurship, paid opportunities, and sustainable earning.
Housing
Greater connection to housing-stability resources and pathways supporting long-term stability.
Ownership
Opportunities to build assets, businesses, intellectual property, products, and other forms of economic agency.
Leadership
Opportunities for participants to influence communities, mentor others, shape systems, and lead.
What We Are Measuring
As Foster Her Crown® expands, our measurement infrastructure will track program participation, skill development, educational and workforce progression, mentorship and belonging, economic opportunity, housing stability, entrepreneurship, and leadership development.
Growing Our Reach
As Foster Her Crown® grows, here's where our impact is taking shape:
The youth we've served
The community partners we've built relationships with
The schools we've partnered with
The volunteers who give their time
The mentors who guide our participants
The communities we continue to reach