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1 Day 9 Hours 5 9 Minutes 1 0 Seconds To Register Click Here THURSDAY, DEC 14 4pm PT | 5pm MT | 6pm CT | 7pm ET MeetUp and...

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Quinceanera Dress

For the first month after Marisol* moved in with former FosterClub Lived Experience Leader Jenn Martinez-Pettet and her husband Michael, all Marisol watched were videos of quinceañeras, which are special...

Family relationships
Well-being
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This week, the Council partnered with the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (CICW) to host a webinar about best practices for supporting immigrant youth in foster care! We drew...

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“From the moment a child is removed from their home, they often encounter their first interaction with law enforcement, setting a troubling precedent. As foster youth navigate these institutions, they...

Crossover to Juvenile Justice
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LEx Leaders Prove Power of Peer Support at Conference on Transitioning Out of Care Transitioning out of care is hard. But the four Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders and three FosterClub...

Independent living
Transition (aging out)
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Celebrating Our 2023 AllStar Interns We believe Experience = Expertise, and that there is power in community. Those are just two of the reasons we founded our AllStar Internship: so...

Well-being
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When the school year winds down, FosterClub Lived Experience (LEx) Leaders are just getting started advocating for foster care reform, empowering their peers, and of course, having fun in the...

Education
Mental health
Transition (aging out)
Well-being
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Daniel Memorial 2023

The 35th Annual National Independent Living Conference “Growing Pains 2023” For Adults and Youth August 16-19, 2023 Denver, CO More info: https://www.danielkids.org/conferences/independent-living/

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