On September 29, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 4980). This new law takes important steps forward in preventing vulnerable foster youth from becoming victims of trafficking... Read more
Council members of the National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council met on October 9, 2012, with the George Sheldon, Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families, to discuss reducing foster youth vulnerability to... Read more
On Thursday, March 10th, two young people from foster care 2010 FosterClub All-Star Charlie McNeely and 2007 FosterClub All-Star Jojo Murdock had an opportunity to testify in front of the US Senate Committee on Finance about their experiences in and... Read more
FosterClub believes young people and alumni have unique insight about what their peers in foster care are experiencing, making them uniquely suited to recognize trends and emerging issues in foster care. In keeping with this idea, the first... Read more
The 10 Year Chafee Event, held December 17th, in Washington DC was a huge success FosterClub would like to thank all of the organizations that partnered with FosterClub on this event:
Casey Family Programs
First Focus... Read more
Who: Young Leaders from FosterClub for National Foster Care Coalition and Casey Family Programs
What: Advocacy training, Congressional Briefing and Hill Visits with Congressional... 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 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (H.R. 6893) Passed unanimously by both Houses of Congress in September, 2008, the bipartisan Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act represents... Read more
