Comfort Cases
The mission of Comfort Cases, Inc. is to inspire communities to bring dignity and hope to youth in foster care. The organization distributes backpacks customized by age and gender that include warm pajamas, a blanket, personal care/hygiene items, a book, a coloring book and crayons, a stuffed animal, art/school supplies and a journal.
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2 Submitted Ideas
LEARN ·2025 Grants Challenge
The End of the Trash Bag
This grant will enable our mission to bring dignity and hope to 1,200 youth in foster care by partnering with all social service agencies within LA County to place orders for Comfort Cases through this special program. It will also advance Comfort Cases' advocacy for systemic change and awareness, ensuring every child feels valued. And, finally, it would set aside one $5,000 Hope Scholarship for a youth in foster care who is eligible for and seeking the opportunity to receive college or vocational school education.
LEARN ·2023 Grants Challenge
Comfort Cases Distribution in Los Angeles
Comfort Cases aims to eliminate the demoralizing practice of children in foster care transporting their belongings in trash bags. This grant will support the distribution of Comfort Cases (backpacks with age-/gender-appropriate educational and hygiene items along with a stuffy, pajamas and a blanket) to children in foster care in Los Angeles, conveying the message to these children that they are important. Since 2013, Comfort Cases has served 200,000+ children through the distribution of Comfort Cases along with public education and advocacy.