Foster youth who identify as LGBTQ face significantly more hurdles in their educational path, experiencing harassment, homelessness and depression at higher rates,...
Having relationships with resourceful, knowledgeable individuals is important for the college success of young people with foster care histories. Put more simply,...
By the age of 17, David Vanwetter had been in and out of detention perhaps a dozen times.
Youth in foster care face a multitude of barriers when it comes to higher education. How will they pay for room, board,...
Last November, I wrote a column for Youth Today about the alarming similarities between the Trump administration policy of tearing apart families...
Toni should be celebrating. She’s part of a rarified group — the 10 percent of students at four-year public colleges who graduate...
The fight against youth homelessness drags on and on. It is not that the fighters are no match for a seemingly intractable...
Move over oil and gas power brokers. Take a seat, criminal justice advocates. The most influential lobbyists in Louisiana’s statehouse may be...
“I view myself as a lone wolf. You can be around people but still feel very much alone,” said Gianni Cuevas, who...
It’s been hyped as “revolutionary,” a “landmark” and a law that “blows up the nation’s troubled foster care system.” But the so-called...
Going through the foster care system isn’t easy, but what happens to youth as they begin to transition into life outside foster...
When Patrick McCarthy first had lunch with Lisa Hamilton more than a decade ago, he remembers thinking, “She really sounds like a...
Young people from foster care face significant challenges when it comes to transitioning into independent adulthood. Research shows that foster youth take...
A chance invitation freed Elizabeth Turner from the revolving door of the North Carolina foster care system and homelessness and set her...
Keiston Davis regained his life when he almost lost it.
The National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association recently announced the election of William C. Bell, Ph.D. as chair of its board of trustees. Dr....
Why did no one tell me? I’ve heard this question countless times. The last time it came from one of our foster...
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold on Dec. 5 a ruling that would declare the Indian Child Welfare Act...
The commissioner of New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has won the 2019 Excellence for Children Leadership Award by Casey...
The shops are beginning to come alive on a Monday morning as Yamina Inzunza arrives at a coffee shop popular with college...