Youth Voice

Kids, like myself, who are considered “hard to adopt” in the system often don't understand why no one wants them, writes Kiana Deane.

It's important that young people of color in foster care find a safe space to learn about their cultural identity, writes Nelly Braxton.

Disparities in access to affordable housing are more prominent in underserved communities such as foster youth, writes Luisa Flores Urrutia.

Often, those with foster care experience begin to believe the stereotypes they see in media, writes Joshua Elizondo.

In addition to migrant youth, American foster youth have to fight for their rights every single day, writes Ricardo Ortega Martinez.

There is enough money to financially support foster youth when they age out of the child welfare system, writes Jacqueline Robles.

California can make some extraordinary adjustments to the juvenile justice system to better serve our youth, writes Brittianna Robinson.

By creating these requirements, we are demanding our homeless populations to prove that they are worthy of housing, writes Alex Furtado.

A bill of rights for youth in foster care and in prison can go a long way toward helping a person be their own advocate, writes Fabian Tolan.