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when the next fellowship cohort opens early 2021.
when the next fellowship cohort opens early 2021.
About The Fellowship
The process to adopt and/or foster a vulnerable child can be arduous and frustrating. Tightening state budgets and a deliberately slow bureaucracy has put many families in a devastating bind; many give up before they are allowed to foster or adopt children into their home. YATOM knows and understands these frustrations.
That is why we created the YATOM Family Fellowship, a program which is meant to inspire hope for families striving to foster/adopt. Cohort 1 began in the summer of 2016, Cohort 2 began in the summer of 2017, and our third Cohort began in the summer of 2018. Cohort 4 launched in the Summer of 2019. The fifth cohort, which begins in summer 2020, will have two tracks: there will be the national cohort and, thanks to the generosity of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, a local Phoenix-only in-person cohort
Fellows will have the chance to receive a stipend and a close-knit community to talk about the adoption/fostering process together.
That is why we created the YATOM Family Fellowship, a program which is meant to inspire hope for families striving to foster/adopt. Cohort 1 began in the summer of 2016, Cohort 2 began in the summer of 2017, and our third Cohort began in the summer of 2018. Cohort 4 launched in the Summer of 2019. The fifth cohort, which begins in summer 2020, will have two tracks: there will be the national cohort and, thanks to the generosity of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, a local Phoenix-only in-person cohort
Fellows will have the chance to receive a stipend and a close-knit community to talk about the adoption/fostering process together.
“YATOM is a loving organization that is at the forefront of support for adoptive and foster families. So often in an unconventional family journey we feel alone, even lost, with uncertainty and second guessing; its incredible that the Jewish community has YATOM to stand with our families as we traverse these tumultuous waters. They helped our family and I know they’d do it again if needed”
- Rabbi Chaim Bruk, Chabad-Lubavitch of Montana
- Rabbi Chaim Bruk, Chabad-Lubavitch of Montana
Welcome Cohort 5!
MEET OUR COHORT 3 FELLOWS!
MEET OUR COHORT 2 FELLOWS!
MEET OUR COHORT 1 FELLOWS!
Learn more about the fellowship:
Should you apply?
1) Does your family Identify as Jewish?
2) Have an interest in adopting and/or fostering a child?
3) Have yet to start the adoption/fostering process?
Already have an adopted or foster child? We still want you to be involved!
In partnership with Valley Beit Midrash
This project is funded by a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix
To quality for the YATOM Family Fellowship stipend, certain criteria must be met to be eligible. Participants must demonstrate active participation based on stipulated criteria, provide documentation that they have been licensed by their state to foster and/or adopt by the end of the fellowship, submit an article that has been published by a Jewish news outlet, submit documentation they have hosted a community discussion regarding their experiences through the process and the fellowship, and submit a video, no more than 90 seconds in length, describing their experiences through the process and the fellowship.
