Tag Archives: foster youth
“What appeals to me so much about A Home Within is the kind of person that makes the commitment to […more…]
As Joymara Coleman, a former foster youth, got ready to start college, she wanted a therapist in the Bay Area […more…]
When Cody Van Felden turned 18, she became homeless after her foster parents kicked her out of the house because […more…]
A Home Within is thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired approval through the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer CE […more…]
YLC first launched the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) in 2008. QPI is a strategy, method, and approach to transforming a foster care […more…]
May is Foster Care Awareness Month and John Burton Advocates for Youth is delighted to be celebrating it with a […more…]
JBAY is closing in on its first year of the Critical Needs and Opportunity Fund and one thing is clear: it has […more…]
We’re excited to announce that on April 12th, 2023 Congressman Mark DeSaulnier visited the CASA office in Concord, CA to […more…]
Join Friends of the Children Bay Area on Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:00-9:00PM for their Find Your Spark! 2023 Gala […more…]
“What am I doing here?” That is the question that foster youth Yuki Huang asked herself when she lived in […more…]
To My Community, My name is Violet and I need you! Being a former foster youth and first-generationundocumented student ignites […more…]
At 18, after a youth spent in foster care, homeless shelters, and other county institutions, Dontae Lartigue rolled up his […more…]
In 2018, a few months after Elizabeth Clews exited the foster care system at 18 years old, she was pregnant […more…]
During the first few weeks after David began mentoring Ronald, he would find the five-year-old child sound asleep, not participating […more…]
Anthony Pico was homeless, unemployed, and had aged out of the foster care system when he started seeing a therapist […more…]
YLC launched the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) over a decade ago as a national movement committed to ensuring that all […more…]
While extracurricular and enrichment activities like summer camp, dance lessons and sports are a key part of most children’s childhood, […more…]
Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Initiative has created a national movement to change the policies, practices, and culture of foster […more…]
The participation of directly impacted youth in reform of our punitive and ineffective juvenile justice system is both necessary and […more…]
California’s juvenile justice system intervenes in the lives of some of the children who have experienced the greatest challenges, and […more…]
YLC’s new investigative report, Designed to Fail, in partnership with Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT) exposes the inhumane and abusive treatment […more…]