Outreach Tools to Plan Your Awareness Campaigns

May is National Foster Care Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, which means there is twice as much to prepare for! Use the official Outreach Toolkit to support both awareness months with attention grabbing graphics and messaging that highlight this year's theme, "Strengthening Minds. Uplifting Families!"

A look inside the Toolkit:

This year's Outreach Toolkit includes all the materials you need to help raise awareness about the importance of supporting mental health needs. Inside, you can find key facts about the current mental health state of children and youth from different backgrounds and in foster care. Use your websites, social media networks, emails, blogs, and other communications to share our sample messages and social media posts to show your support of taking a holistic and culturally responsive approach to supporting the mental health needs of those involved with child welfare.

You can also find a collection of graphics, ranging from social media banners to GIFs, to accompany your messaging and keep the conversation going all month long.

Mental Health Graphics

Use this suite of graphics that focus on different mental health supports. Pair these with the hashtag #FosterCareMonth to join in the conversation.

Quick Tips

Support foster care professionals by sharing tools that can help provide better mental health supports to children, youth, and caregivers involved in the child welfare system.

Stay connected to all the latest National Foster Care Month updates by following us on Facebook and Twitter.

Remember to have your colleagues subscribe to receive our weekly National Foster Care Month emails and gain access to special messages during the awareness month.

For more information, email NFCM@childwelfare.gov or call 1.800.394.3366.