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emancipated foster youth

Writer Lawrence Ball reflects on the impact the Independent Living Program had on his life.

6/2/2021

Roses 4 the Independent Living Program (ILP)

Lawrence Ball

Lawrence Ball writes about the impact of the Independent Living Program. Photo courtesy of Ball.
During high school, I did not know anyone else who was in foster care. It was something that I did not want to broadcast, because I felt like I was the only foster kid at the school.

5/14/2019

Child Welfare: Gambling on the Lives of Little Ones

Lino Pena Martinez

We launched a writing contest to see what former foster youth had to say about their time in care or their experiences with the justice system. The contest gave youth the opportunity to write on one of three themes: “What does home mean to you?”

5/31/2016

A ‘Mind Blowing’ Experience at the White House Foster Care Hackathon

Opinion

Devon Ziminski

Last week, during a reception at a sleek house off of Washington D.C.’s Embassy Row, I found myself in the kitchen talking with Winnie Wechsler. Wechsler, who runs the Pritzker Foster Care Initiative, which funds a slew of child welfare related non-profits including the one I run, was amped up.

Chance Tarver

12/31/2015

AB12: Does it Reallllly Work?

Chance Tarver

By no means has anyone credited AB12 to be the “end all, be all” for emancipating foster youth, but I will say it has served as an alleviation to thousands of youth.

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