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"Beyond Placement: Fostering Lifelong Support and Belonging": Expert Insights from Lived Experience Leaders

By  System Change Team  –  Feb 7, 2025  |  Filed under Youth Perspective
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...
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Education
Entering foster care
Family relationships
Mental health
Permanence
Rights in foster care
Sibling separation
Transition (aging out)
Well-being

LEx Leaders Speak on the Importance of Nondiscrimination Protections in Foster Care

By  AbbyShuler  –  Aug 28, 2023  |  Filed under Editorial

“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...

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LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth

White House pledges to support LGBTQ2S+ youth in foster care!

By  AbbyShuler  –  Jun 28, 2023  |  Filed under Editorial

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...

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LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth

Practice Improvement: Supporting Transition Planning

By  breannasmith  –  Apr 6, 2023  |  Filed under Editorial

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...

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