Skip to main content
Holiday Gift Drive Banner 1200x600 For Homepage
FY23 - Annual Report Cover Page Banner V1 for Website
Banner-Home
Banner-Youth-Support
Banner-How-We-Work
Banner-Get-Involved

Play Video

We help young people in foster care create the life they want. 

Young people from the foster care system need more help than the average youth to succeed. Pivotal has a strong reputation in Silicon Valley for guiding foster youth to career success. With Pivotal support, foster youth graduate from high school and college at significantly higher rates than their peers. 

more about us   SEE WHAT'S NEW

Home-Issues
THE ISSUES WE’RE TACKLING.

IT’S NOT
THEIR FAULT.

No young person chooses to be in foster care. Family circumstances - abuse, incarceration, the death of a parent - are the main reasons they end up in "the system." 

Without active and dedicated parents to inspire and support their goals, most foster youths give in to the cycle of poverty and hopelessness. Put yourself in their shoes and imagine the odds stacked against you.

Read their stories here

26%

EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS BEFORE AGE 21

42%

DO NOT COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL

30%

HAVE EXPERIENCED INCARCERATION BEFORE AGE 17
OUR GAME-CHANGING APPROACH.

LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES.

Our academic and career readiness tools for foster youth include individualized coaching from trauma-informed experts, college scholarships, and career exploration. We open doors for foster youth so they can succeed in life.

We stick with them through thick and thin. 

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 navigate the most critical years in their life.  

Change is good. 

Everyone agrees that the foster care ecosystem needs to respond better to foster youth's realities. Pivotal has 35 years of experience working to improve outcomes for foster youth. Our public and private partners support our mission and help us lead those change efforts. 

Robotics foster care volunteer

Read more about Our Approach.

OUR ONGOING IMPACT

DEFYING
THE ODDS

Pivotal is the only agency in Silicon Valley to offer a blend of trauma-informed coaching, professional development, college scholarships, and career readiness support specifically geared towards foster youth. Our programs are data-driven, optimized for success, and always evolving to better suit the needs of this vulnerable population.