Step Up Your Advocacy Game With This New Workshop!
A free workshop for foster youth, led by foster youth.
If you've been in foster care, you know the feeling: people make decisions about your life all the time, and sometimes your voice gets lost in the shuffle.
Well, something different happened here. Over 400 young people shared their real experiences about Extended Foster Care in a survey from the National Collaborative for Transition-Age Youth. What worked, what didn't, and what they wished existed. Now that research is being turned into action, and this workshop is to support you in being part of it.
June 23rd at 3:00-4:30pm PT / 6:00-7:30pm ET
What is Extended Foster Care?
Extended Foster Care (EFC) is a program that allows young people to remain in the foster care system beyond age 18, typically up to age 21. Nearly all states offer some form of Extended Foster Care, and it is meant to provide continued access to support—such as housing, financial assistance, and case management—during the transition to adulthood.
The problem? Quality and access isn't the same for everyone, and that is exactly what we’re looking to change. Because Extended Foster Care should work for all young people, not just some.
Who this workshop is for
This workshop is for young people with lived experience in foster care who are interested in or involved with advocacy.
What you'll walk away with
- What Extended Foster Care is intended to do for young people
- What young people across the country said about how it actually worked for them
- Practical tools to advocate for EFC that works for all young people
Meet the Presenters
June 23rd at 3:00-4:30pm PT / 6:00-7:30pm ET