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Four people sit around a wooden table in a café, engaged in conversation. One person holds open a magazine showing a large wave, while the others smile and lean in. The background features plants, artwork, and a red bicycle on the wall.
The National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council creates recommendations that child welfare leaders, workers, and policymakers can use to improve and support lifelong connections for young people in...
Education
Entering foster care
Family relationships
Mental health
Permanence
Rights in foster care
Sibling separation
Transition (aging out)
Well-being
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Four women smile and laugh while blowing bubbles and holding colorful pinwheels on a sandy surface with a concrete wall in the background.
The National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council creates recommendations that child welfare leaders, workers, and policymakers can use to improve and support the well-being and mental health of...
Family relationships
Mental health
Sibling separation
Transition (aging out)
Well-being
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12 Ideas for Supporting Youth through the Holidays
1. Understand and encourage youth’s own traditions and beliefs Encourage discussion about holiday traditions the young person experienced prior to being in foster care, or even celebrations they liked while...
Family relationships
Well-being
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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

The Supreme Court recently issued a 7-2 decision on the Brackeen v. Haaland case, fully affirming the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and dismissing all arguments against...

Adoption
Family relationships
Permanence
Sibling separation
Transition (aging out)
Well-being
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On February 9th, 2018, the Family First Act (FFA) was signed into law. This February, we celebrate FIVE YEARS of the FFA serving youth across the country. As we celebrate...

Entering foster care
Extension to age 21
Family relationships
Transition (aging out)
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We want to celebrate this landmark legislation from 2018, as well as the hard work of the National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council before and after it was...

Family relationships
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On February 9th, 2018, the Family First Act (FFA) was signed into law. The historic passing of the FFA would not have occurred without the voices of Lived Experience Leaders...

Entering foster care
Extension to age 21
Family relationships
Transition (aging out)