housing

We need policies that address equity in housing and education for those who have experienced foster care, writes Kenyon Lee Whitman.

Following a model out of L.A., community-based organizations in California combine federal job training funds with other essential services for young people leaving foster care or probation — including housing and education support.

Intergenerational housing communities have been a growing trend since the 1990s and recently, these models have been built for an overlooked group: Youth who have transitioned out of foster care and are living on their own.

The Imprint is highlighting each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI), a group of 11 former foster youths who have completed congressional internships.

Survey results from New York City’s older foster youth revealed how the pandemic has intensified their struggles for housing.

Sche'lang’en Village, which opened in 2017, is a housing development that preserves Native American families by providing support and opportunities for transformational life changes.

The economic shutdowns, imposed by the government in an effort to keep Americans safe, have levied severe financial stress upon families. According to a study by Columbia University, an additional 8 million households have plunged into poverty.

Even before the novel coronavirus gripped the United States last March, about 12 million American kids were living in poverty and 4.4 million had no health insurance. But at least things had been gradually improving in some ways since the Great Recession.