foster youth

The Trump administration has told at least five states to “review and, where necessary, amend” policies that require foster parents to affirm the gender identity of foster youth, documents obtained by The Imprint confirm. 

For years, the belief was that only 3% of foster youth graduate from college. New research finds the rate is much higher, but still reveals "large gaps."

California lawmakers passed a package of bills to protect residents from the Trump Administration’s aggressive use of deportation and detention.

A Minnesota foster youth report describes “a consistent lack of support for regular, ongoing contact with foster youths’ siblings.” 

Evin Winkelman Richardson surveyed 80 caregiver couples across Georgia and found that the stronger their relationship, the more likely they would continue fostering.

Texas lawmakers have invested $3 million in a project to ready former foster youth for college with a year-round hotline and help center. 

Karl Dennis, an early pioneer of the wraparound approach to serving youth with high mental health needs, has died at the age of 88. 

By Shanté Elliott Caitlin Clark, the most celebrated college basketball player in recent memory, received her first Division I college offer in seventh grade. By the time she was 13, a plan for her future was already in motion.

A unique service for LA foster youth living on their own for the first time transforms empty apartments into thoughtfully designed habitats.