The passage of the American Rescue Plan has changed that -- at least for one year. Young adults who are working but...
An essential resource for professionals in the child welfare field are the voices of those with lived experience who are willing to...
In 2020, Tom Fandre had hoped to place at least 90 foster youth in internships in the Silicon Valley area. But when...
My name is Cristal and I am a former foster youth from Bakersfield, California. I spent about 11 years in the Kern...
According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway in 2019, more than two-thirds of foster youth in the U.S. have siblings. It’s a ...
The Santa Clara County (California) Board of Supervisors approved in May a basic income pilot program for youth who are transitioning out...
When Han Johnson thinks about her younger self, she wonders how she would have survived the COVID-19 pandemic during high school. It’s...
In the transition from adolescence to adulthood, even the best-prepared kids can be expected to stumble.
All over America, there are people who can’t stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some always knew their jobs carried risks: Doctors...
I am 20 years old. I was a foster kid for the majority of my life. CYFD (New Mexico Children, Youth &...
With some time to kill the day before the 2018 Thanksgiving break, William Soules, a math and social studies teacher at Oñate...
With Family First Act implementation underway, editorials and articles proliferate, many articulating nervousness among residential providers. With their revenue models under attack,...
The 2017 closure of the McKinley County Juvenile Detention Center was largely viewed as a positive. New Mexico, which has shrunk its...
True Colors United looks at 61 metrics in all 50 states to provide an overview of the challenges and barriers homeless youth...
“You just don’t get it! When I emancipate I don’t want to move away and go off to college. I’m going back...
Born to a prostitute with a drug problem, April (a pseudonym for her privacy) was removed from her home about two decades...
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Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss the policies and practices best suited for meeting the needs of foster youth through the age...
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
Most research shows that obtaining a college degree will lead to higher lifetime earnings than possessing only a high school diploma. However,...