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Did you know that if you aged out of foster care, you're likely eligible for state funded health care until age 26? Most adults who have health insurance have to...
Health care
Well-being
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Four people sit around a wooden table in a café, engaged in conversation. One person holds open a magazine showing a large wave, while the others smile and lean in. The background features plants, artwork, and a red bicycle on the wall.
The National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council creates recommendations that child welfare leaders, workers, and policymakers can use to improve and support lifelong connections for young people in...
Education
Entering foster care
Family relationships
Mental health
Permanence
Rights in foster care
Sibling separation
Transition (aging out)
Well-being
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Free Download: FosterClub’s Proclamation Guide
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people in foster care? We have a great opportunity for you to get involved and raise...
Education
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When the school year winds down, FosterClub Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders are just getting started advocating for foster care reform, empowering their peers, and of course, having fun in the...

Education
Mental health
Transition (aging out)
Well-being
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“Care shouldn’t be conditional, regardless of your sexual orientation or gender identity.” — Keona Rose LEx leaders Daysha Reed (NC) and Keona Rose (AZ) met with the Every Child Deserves...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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Over the last 10 years, the Council has put equitable educational opportunities for foster youth forward in many of our priority statements. We firmly believe that education provides young people...

Education
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We are pleased to share the statement from President Biden and Vice President Harris in celebration of Pride month! The statement includes new actions that federal agencies are taking to...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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An Oregon summit will bring together young people with lived experience and field stakeholders for a day of thought-leadership, information-sharing and generating solutions for the future. If you are not...

Health care
Mental health
Transition (aging out)
Well-being
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The Family First Act (FFA), passed in 2018, sought to respond to the needs of transition age youth in foster care. Given that LGBTQIA2S+ youth in foster care are at...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
Transition (aging out)