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Transforming Futures: Foster Care, Education, and Opportunity
Todd Perkins, host of Perkins for the People, interviews our CEO Alexis Ramsey
Attorney Todd Perkins interviews Alexis Ramsey, Executive Director of We Care Foster Care, about the challenges facing youth in the foster care system and the programs designed to help them succeed. Ramsey discusses how trauma, educational barriers, housing instability, and limited support can affect young people who age out of foster care, often contributing to cycles of homelessness, poverty, and incarceration.
The episode is an informative discussion about the foster care crisis and the community-based solutions that can help vulnerable youth transition successfully into adulthood.
From Calling to Impact: Choosing the Nonprofit Path to Make a Difference
Katana Abbott, host of Smart Women Talk, interviews our CEO Alexis Ramsey
Alexis Ramsey, CEO and Executive Director of We Care Foster Care, discusses how her decades-long career in education ultimately led her to nonprofit leadership and advocacy for youth in foster care. Drawing on her experience teaching in Detroit and internationally, she explains how a sense of purpose guided her toward work focused on creating lasting social impact.
The conversation centers on the challenges facing foster youth and We Care Foster Care’s mission to help break the foster care-to-prison pipeline through education, housing, and workforce development programs.
We Care Foster Care’s EduCare Program
CEO Alexis Ramsey introduces our wide range of EduCare classes
We Care Foster Care’s EduCare program focuses on providing a wide range of learning experiences that support both academic growth and personal development. We Care Foster Care presents education as a powerful tool for breaking cycles of disadvantage and helping foster youth become engaged, successful members of their communities.
The video also highlights the organization's broader commitment to enriching the lives of foster children through innovative educational programming, including STEAM-related learning opportunities that encourage creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and real-world skill development.
We Care Foster Care's Sleep Safe Program
On The Road with Alexis Ramsey
Ride along with our CEO Alexis Ramsey while she delivers beds as part of We Care Foster Care’s Sleep Safe program, which was developed to ensure that children in foster care have a safe and comfortable place to rest and dream.
Many foster children lack basic necessities. Through community support and donations, We Care Foster Care seeks to meet these practical needs and improve the quality of life for youth in the foster care system