GINGER ROCKEY-JOHNSON

Our mission is to help homeless and former foster youth ages 16 - 24 years, with education, independent skills, jobs, & family support into adulthood and stability... I am Ginger Rockey-Johnson, dubbed "Mama G" by this population of youth. In 2015 I became an Advocate for teens in foster care. Teens in foster care "age out" of the system of care when they turn eighteen. Some youth will qualify for the state's extended foster care programs, some will not. This phenomenon is due to their mental health issues, lack of education and/or their inability to hold a job. The first time one of my teens in foster care turned eighteen and was immediately homeless, I was horrified. Worse yet, despite all my attempts to advocate for the youth to get into extended foster care, all efforts failed. I couldn't do nothing. I had to take action to help and couldn't watch a youth who couldn't even feed themself, be homeless. Together with my beloved husband, John Sheid, who is "Papa J", an ordained..

Primary location: Tampa United States