How many volunteers does LiftedUp need?
Since LiftedUp is decentralized, local LiftedUp programs have a limited number of foster homes to serve. A local LiftedUp Program will have a program director and anywhere from 5 to 50 volunteers. Maybe more, maybe less – we haven’t set an upper or lower limit on the size of a the local LiftedUp program. It all depends on the number of foster homes in the area. In a metropolitan county, for example, there are approximately 1000 children in foster care. Half of these foster children (about 500) are in kin-ship homes living with relatives and generally doing pretty well. The other half (about 500) live in traditional foster homes. Now here is the statistic you will seldom hear but is the single most important static when it comes to foster care: About 70% of the foster children live in about 50% of the foster homes.
