Foster youth to benefit from expanded education voucher program

Representatives Nathaniel Moran and Judy Chu have introduced the Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Access and Success Act to expand and modernize the education and training voucher program for ...
KERO-TV

Foster care program celebrates 38 years of granting holiday wishes to children

Community program expects to fulfill over 700 wishes from local foster youth during the holidays, continuing a tradition that began 38 years ago BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Dozens gathered to ...
Gotham Gazette

Out of Foster Care -- and Into What?

When Chimore Mack Glover recently turned 21, she aged out of the New York City foster child program and so needed a place to live. "I usually plan things ahead of time, and my first step was to get a ...
Iowa Public Radio

The percentage of foster youth who earn degrees is low. A program aims to change that

People who grew up in foster care earn college degrees at rates far lower than the general population. A program in Virginia for former foster youth aims to change that. Its goal is to support college ...