Joanne Feldmeth, Executive Director, Royal Friends

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Joanne Feldmeth, Executive Director, Royal
Friends Clubs
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Adoption
FosterParentAgency
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Americas orphans
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More Kids Fewer Home

• Since 1980
• Number of foster children
• tripled
• Age of children entering foster care dropped from
  12 to 6 years
• Many more infants in the system
• Number of foster parents dropped by at least 30

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Revolving Door of Foster Care

• Most infants in foster care
• Move every 12-18 months
• Have 3 homes by age 4

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Foster Care Outcomes

• 46 dont finish high school
• 45 of kids leaving foster care homeless within
  the year
• 4 years after emancipation
• 40 had been on public assistance or in jail
• 60 of the young women had given birth

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Solution?
More Professional Services?

• Judges
• Attorneys
• Social Workers
• Law Enforcement Officers
• Medical Professionals
• Teachers and Administrators
• Mental Health Professionals

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I Need A Mom (Timmy, age 10)

• Foster care Childs personal relationships
  failed
• Kids need families and friends to heal

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Royal Family Kids Camps

• Americas leading camp for abused children
• 46,394 children served
• 155 host churches
• 36 states

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Royal Family Kids Camps

• 6,000children last summer
• 6,000 volunteers
• Camp Counselor/child ratio is 12
• Intensive 5 Day Group Mentoring model

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• Can we do more?
• Norman, Oklahoma

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Why Mentoring?

• Foster Children
• Outcomes for at-risk kids
• 1 Year of Mentoring IMPROVEMENT
• academic performance
• social relationships
• family relationships
• self esteem up /depression down

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• 2 Year Pilot 200 Kids
• 6-12 Churches
• Camp to Camp Unique Mentoring Model
• GOAL How to live and minister in year round
  relationship with abused kids

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THE KIDS

• ROYAL FRIENDS
• CLUBS kids
• Child attended RFKC
• In Summer 2008
• Is eligible to attend
• RFKC Summer 2009
• Minimum 12 kids
• matched

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Who Can Mentor?

• Camp experienced OR camp trained
• Security clearance
• 1 Day Introduction to Mentoring training
• Commitment 4 hours per month

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Mentoring Club

• School Year
• 9 Club Meetings
• individualized
• time(Team Up Plan)
• Curriculum
• Materials

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Mentoring the Mentors

• 1 Day Mentoring Intro Workshop
• Mentor Cohorts with monthly roundtable
• Mentor Mid Year Mini Workshop
• How Are We Doing? Evaluationdesigned by mentors

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Launching Royal Friends

• ChurchesExperience with RFKC
• (hosted 3 or more camps )
• Leadership 1 Mentoring Director
• 1 Club Coordinator
• Leadership Requirements--Training
• -CLUB 12 mentors volunteers

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Mentoring Leadership Retreat
May 17-18, 2008 Santa Ana, CA Mentoring
Directors and Club Coordinators Training
Retreat How to Launch A Royal Friends Club
mentoring program At your church!
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Mentoring Leadership Retreat

• Mentoring DirectorsClub Coordinators
• Church pays 2 R/T Tickets
• 1st Year Pilot- Royal Friends Clubs will sponsor
  your
• -Hotel lodging
• -Meals
• - Training materials

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