FConnect+
FConnect+ is an iOS app, providing one-stop shop for reliable resources and information for foster youth ages 17 - 25 years.
Key Features
- Organized Information
- Personalization
- Engagement
Target Audience
Our target users are foster youth of ages 17 - 25 years. Our partners can include non-profit organizations, corporations, and community groups who want to reach out to our target user group.
Getting Started
Click here for instructions to set up the project on your local machine for development and testing purposes.
Inspiration
In California, 25,000 foster youth “age out” of the foster system every year. Out of these:
- 25% are homeless
- 37% are high school dropouts
- Only 3% graduate out of college
- More than half are unemployed
- 90% live in poverty earning less than $10,000 per year
https://www.nfyi.org/51-useful-aging-out-of-foster-care-statistics-social-race-media/
GitHub Link
iOS code: https://github.com/opportunity-hack-san-jose-2019/Team26
Website code: https://github.com/shafiemukhre/fconnectlandingpage
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