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Health Care for Former Foster Youth: FREE Medicaid Until age 26!

By  Falenlyn81  –  Feb 10, 2025  |  Filed under Announcements
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...
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Health care
Well-being
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.

"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

FosterClub Leadership Celebrates Supreme Court Upholding ICWA

By  APetite1  –  Jun 22, 2023  |  Filed under Announcements

The Supreme Court recently issued a 7-2 decision on the Brackeen v. Haaland case, fully affirming the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and dismissing all arguments against...

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Adoption
Family relationships
Permanence
Sibling separation
Transition (aging out)
Well-being

Finding Balance: A Summit on Youth Well-Being (Oregon)

By  Celeste  –  Apr 6, 2023  |  Filed under Announcements

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...

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Health care
Mental health
Transition (aging out)
Well-being