What’s New!

PART-TIME ACADEMIC TUTOR We are hiring an elementary school coach/tutor to work directly with our students with a focus on reading remediation. The coach visits the students’ schools once a week for a 30 minute session. This candidate will have a teaching background, be available to work between 15 and 25 hours per week, preferably in the West Palm Beach or Palm Beach Gardens area.

PART-TIME BOOKKEEPER Detail oriented, excellent organizational skills, accuracy, and the ability to communicate clearly are important qualifications for this position. The ideal candidate for this position is a skilled multi-tasker, reliable and committed to consistently meeting deadlines. Ability to maintain confidentiality is a must. Days and times are flexible.

FULL TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT
This position is comprised of a variety of responsibilities including answering the phones, greeting visitors, managing the filing system, preparing documents for meetings and presentations, organizing supplies and other tasks.

For more information please contact Debbie at dellman@bestfoot.org or your resume to the same email.

We are so proud of our graduates! For children who grow up in foster care, high school graduation is an incredible accomplishment. It doesn’t matter how smart a student is, their challenges can be overwhelming and they deal with issues on a daily basis that we cannot begin to understand. That makes their success harder to come by, but also that much sweeter. Our students pushed through, worked hard, and learned that learning is something that is all theirs, something they will have forever. Our coaches did incredible work in some very difficult circumstances. They stood by their kids and wouldn’t let them falter. Best Foot Forward was created for the sole purpose of changing lives for the better; that is what we are doing and that is what we will continue to do! Congratulations to all!!

See our video of our secret room decorating for our graduates!

Video of college shopping trip with Tina:

Video of moving Mary into her dorm room! Mary Moves In Scroll through our graduation pictures below!

The BEST FOOT FORWARD FOUNDATION is the only nonprofit organization in Palm Beach County dedicated to the educational success of youth who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned and have entered the foster care system. By empowering children in foster care, Best Foot Forward helps avoid the all-too-common negative outcomes many experience. Those include:
• 54% drop out of high school
• 97% drop out of college
• 40% of 18 to 22 year-olds have been homeless and/or “couch surfed”
• 40% have been arrested and 30% have been in jail or detention
Our programs support, guide and empower foster care youth, giving them every opportunity to succeed in school and beyond. Best Foot Forward is committed to building promising futures for foster care youth and helping each student reach their full potential.