Youth Voice

Foster care and homelessness have played a huge part in my mental health struggles and how I choose to manage them, writes Nelly Braxton.

Trauma and mental illness seem to go hand in hand with foster care, writes Michael Fulcher.

Writers from Doing Good Works' Community Impact Internship share their perspectives and experiences.

When I was in foster care, managing my mental health was more difficult than one can anticipate due to lack of options, writes Nader Irsan.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more transgender people have been killed than ever before, writes J. Iñiguez.   

A Youth Voice Q&A with Keundre Hawkins, a 23-year-old model from Houston who spent time in foster care and is working toward his dreams.

Due to stigma around therapy, I denied myself help that could’ve made such a difference, writes Thalia Bernal.

Young people who leave the child welfare or juvenile justice systems often face significant challenges, writes Deddtrease Edwards.

When college campuses close for holiday break or in an unprecedented emergency like the coronavirus pandemic, the former foster youth who rely on colleges for housing security are left scrambling to fill that gap.