Kids from the foster care system need more help than the average youth does to succeed. Pivotal has a strong reputation in Silicon Valley for guiding foster youth to career success. With Pivotal support, foster youth are proven to graduate from high school and college at significantly higher rates than their foster youth peers.
Our academic and career readiness tools for foster youth include 1:1 coaching from trauma-informed experts, STEM classes, subject-specific tutoring, college scholarships, professional development workshops, and summer internships. We open doors for foster youth so they can succeed in life.
As soon as foster youth hit high school, we pair them up with a coach who will look out for their academic success and help them to navigate the most critical years in their life.
Everyone agrees that the foster care ecosystem needs to respond better to foster youth's realities. Our impact speaks for itself. With over 20 years of experience in consistently increasing graduation rates among foster youth, our public and private partners support our mission and help us lead those change efforts.
Pivotal is the only agency in Silicon Valley to offer a blend of trauma-informed coaching, workforce development, college scholarships, and summer internships that are specifically geared to foster youth. Our programs are data-driven, optimized for success, and always evolving to better suit the needs of this vulnerable population.
Time, money, talents. Consider sharing one, two, or all three with foster youth. All kids deserve to have someone out there cheering them on. Be that person for one of our foster youth.
We’ve adjusted our programming and operations to adapt to the recommendations from local, state and federal agencies:
Pivotal’s San Jose headquarters and satellite offices are officially closed. All Pivotal staff are working remotely.
If you need to reach us, please call 408.484.1095 or email info@pivotalnow.org.
All coaching sessions and group workshops are offered virtually. We created an all-virtual Summer 2020 Experience that included virtual internships and paid professional development workshops, social justice dialogue events, and one-of-a-kind graduation celebrations.
We’ve also taken our fundraising and supporter events to a whole new creative level!
We will continue to achieve our mission. While our work is rooted in relationships, we aren’t letting the lack of face-to-face contact stop us from keeping our youth focused on the future.
Our development and communications team will continue to report back frequently and transparently about the use of the Emergency Assistance funds we distribute. We promise that you will know your money is getting to the kids who need it.
We welcome your ideas, offers of partnership, and support. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. Our (virtual) doors remain open!
