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Oregon Summit on Youth Well-Being

By Celeste – Apr 15, 2024 | Filed under Events

Heyyyyy! Ready for an epic event that's all about taking care of young peoples' mental health in the coolest ways possible? Oregon 2024 Summit: Mental Health Reimagined is a 1-day...

Mental health

Join us for our 2024 Online MeetUp Series

By Celeste – Mar 25, 2024 | Filed under Announcements

How often do you think about your resilience and how strong you are? Do you take the time to truly appreciate all you have done? Join us for April’s MeetUP...

Advocating for Mental Health for Youth in Foster Care

By Celeste – Mar 14, 2024 | Filed under LEx Leadership

Three Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders advocated for improved mental health services for youth involved in foster care and/or juvenile justice at a Policy Lab last month. The lab brought together...

Mental health

Lived Experience Leaders Testify at Congressional Hearing

By Celeste – Mar 1, 2024 | Filed under LEx Leadership

In January, FosterClub Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders and child welfare experts spoke to Congressional Members and staff about supporting youth from foster care in transitioning to adulthood. The U.S. House...

FosterClub Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare through Lived Experience Engagement

By slittlefield – Feb 27, 2024 | Filed under Announcements

Press Release For Immediate Release February 27, 2024 Contact: Sally Littlefield, FosterClub 503.717.1552 ext 116 | [email protected] Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2024 – FosterClub, the national network for young people...

FosterClub Lived Experience Leaders Train Foster Parents through Boys and Girls Aid

By slittlefield – Feb 20, 2024 | Filed under LEx Leadership

Last month, FosterClub brought lived experience voices to Boys and Girls Aid’s foster parent training in Portland, Oregon. Boys and Girls Aid is a local nonprofit organization that assists foster...