Seaside, OR (PRLOG) July 9, 2009 – The National Foster Youth Advisory Council (NFYAC), a group of young leaders from foster care who convene to issue policy recommendations and provide leadership for foster youth leaders across the country,... Read more
100 current and former foster youth receive national honor for personal achievement and community service. WASHINGTON, D.C. – One hundred young people who have been in foster care were named Outstanding Young Leaders of... Read more
2009 marks the fourth year of partnering with the School of Social Work at Portland State University. The goal of the partnership is to provide a Collaborative Learning Exchange for the FosterClub All-Stars, Portland State Faculty, and... Read more
Former foster youth received awards for inspirational advocacy on federal foster care reform that would help more of the 500,000 children in foster care have safe, permanent families WHAT: Eleven young adults who grew up in foster... Read more
2005 Al-Star Lupe Ortiz-Tovar testified Before House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support in February, 2008. Here is what she told them.. First, let me say thank you to Chairman McDermott, Representative Weller... Read more
The books below are good reads about foster care from the youth perspective. They might be about someone's foster care experience, about the system, or maybe just written by someone who was in the system at some time. Foster Girl: a Memoir, By... Read more
