transition age foster youth

The First Lady joined lawmakers to push for changes to the Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood.

The heartbreaking reality is that group homes do not prepare or support transition-age youth for college, writes Silas Rosfield.

We’re expected to succeed in college and succeed in our careers, but who is helping us?, writes Brandy Harvey.

Teens who enter the foster care system close to adulthood are put under a lot of stress, and it's not addressed enough, writes Chloe Gartner.

Congressional intern Faith Sharp suggests expanding two federal programs to include more youth who experience foster care.

Congressional intern Christian Sotomayor wants to expand eligibility for certain foster youth to transition under the Chafee program.

Congressional legislators are considering a bill that would double pandemic assistance to older and former foster youth, while also extending the time states could use those funds, as the existing deadline for the program fast approaches.

Thirteen senators led by Dianne Feinstein and Mark Warner called on the Biden administration to aid transition-age foster youth, who were hit especially hard during the pandemic.