Future Child Advocates student clubs/organizations were conceived and designed to be based on undergraduate or graduate school campuses across disciplines with goals to support and enhance the knowledge and work within these types of communities in the areas of anti-bullying and child abuse prevention involving students, faculty, staff and local community members. In some cases a brand new club needs to be started in order to initiate this focus and content development. In other situations, clubs or students organizations are already established that lend themselves to these concerns, but work is needed to enhance or build-in specific ways to support these targeted areas. The national FCA initiative, therefore, supports a club design that allows for campuses to become engaged in this work in one of two easy ways with requirements outlined below or on this attached overview of FCA Club Designs.
FCA Club Design #1 - Future Child Advocates Club
Separate and newly established student organization on campus
Requirements:
Separate and newly established student organization on campus
Requirements:
- Approval by a student affairs department in college/university as a formal student club/organization.
(Requirements established by college/university often including: constitution, "#" members already signed up, Faculty Advisor, Student Leadership, when approved "x" dollars provided by university to support club activities, etc.) - FCA goals included in the formal student club/organization constitution and submitted to National FCA team upon approval of college/university club.
- Pending approval by National FCA Team of the approved college/university club, student group will have support from National Team (e.g. training, consultation, access to resources) to implement its activities.
- Semester update report to FCA National on outcomes during this time period - i.e. Fall/Spring.
- Participation by local FCA Club leadership to participate in periodic conferences with FCA Partners/Advisors in order to provide assistance/support throughout the year.
- FCA student Club/Affiliate maintains national level support as long as it is approved within the university/college.
FCA Club Design #2 - Future Child Advocates Affiliate
FCA goals/activities part of an already established club/student organization on campus
Requirements:
FCA goals/activities part of an already established club/student organization on campus
Requirements:
- The "parent" formal student club/organization is already approved by their college/university and shares similar and/or mutually beneficial goals of a a Future Child Advocate type of student group.
- There is an agreement by the Leadership of the "Parent" student club that the four goals of FCA can be added to their original goals and objectives.
- There is an agreement by the Leadership of the "Parent" student club that similar activities identified in the FCA Club Guidelines, especially during October and April of each year, can be incorporated into their current efforts.
- The "Parent" student club/organization will appoint/elect a POINT PERSON from their club who will serve as the Liaison with National FCA and be available to participate with other FCA club leadership in regular Conference calls in order to receive additional support and guidance as needed.
- Pending the submission and approval by the National FCA of anticipated activities which meet the FCA goals, the Affiliate student group will then have full support from national (e.g. training, consultation, resources).
- The Affiliate Club Liaison must submit for approval each semester a report of the outcomes and next semester plans in order to continue to be recognized and supported in all ways by the national FCA office.