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Leaders for Change

10/30/2017

Foster Youth Sound Off: Standing Tall in D.C.

Elizabeth Green

“Stand tall” was the mantra for 85 foster youth leaders from 25 states, who arrived in Washington, D.C. last weekend for Foster Youth in Action’s annual Leaders for Change conference. The Leaders for Change (L4C) conference gathered a network of foster youth-led advocacy groups from around the country.

2/10/2017

Report Reveals Foster Youth’s Top Priorities

Sable Locci

In an effort to highlight the most important issues identified by foster youth, advocacy organization Foster Youth in Action conducted a poll last October of more than 500 foster youth. Results indicated that sibling visitation, homelessness prevention, college access and success, and opportunities for independent living are the top priorities among current and former foster youth.

Members of FACE in New York City.

10/13/2015

Foster Youth Gather in D.C. to Present Ideas on Healing from Trauma

Jeremy Loudenback

When she entered the foster care system at age 13, Brianne Lyn Nagamine remembers feeling isolated and depressed. Back then, she dealt with the painful experiences of being abandoned by her mother and being separated from her siblings by drinking, even at school.

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