Fiscal Leadership Circle (FLC) Cohort 3 (2027)

We are thrilled that you are interested in joining the Fiscal Leadership Circle (FLC) Cohort 3 (2027).

The Fiscal Leadership Circle is a yearlong fellowship designed to help leaders unlock, align, and sustain funding for children and families. Fellows strengthen their fiscal knowledge and leadership practice while applying what they learn to a fiscal challenge they want to develop and advance for prevention.

This application is designed to help us learn more about you, your organization, your experience working with child- and family-serving funding, and the fiscal project or challenge you would like to advance through FLC. We will also ask about your connection to the relevant funding and decision-making processes, your organizational support, and your availability to participate fully in the fellowship.

Most questions are brief and are intended to help us understand your experience, readiness, and the opportunity you hope to work on—not to require a fully developed project plan. The application should take approximately 30–60 minutes to complete. Please be prepared to upload your resume or CV.

For questions or technical issues while completing the application, please contact talent@foster-america.org . For questions related to the project design or FLC fellowship program experience, please contact D.L. Moffitt, Fiscal Innovation Specialist and FLC Lead Facilitator, at dl.moffitt@foster-america.org .

Key Dates
- September 21, 2026 — Applications open
- September 29, 2026 — FLC 3.0 Information Session
- November 13, 2026 — Priority application deadline
- December 11, 2026 — Invitations to join FLC 3.0 extended
- January 29, 2027 — First fellowship session
- December 2027 — Fellowship concludes

Application Type and Team Information

If applying as a team, at the time of application, only the fiscal lead applicant is required to complete the application.

- Are you applying to FLC Cohort 3 as an individual fellow or as part of a team?
- Individual fellow
- Team applicant

- If you are applying as part of a team, please identify the proposed team members who would participate with you. For each person, provide their name, title, organization, and connection to the project or fiscal challenge you would like to develop, advance, or sustain through the fellowship.