I Am a Foster Parent and This Is What I Get Paid
“While foster parents do receive reimbursement for a portion of their expenses, financial gain is not an incentive to foster. What you gain from fostering isn’t monetary. It’s about the…
How Foster Care Works in the United States
from Fostered or Forgotten, a Teen Vogue series about the foster care system in the United States, produced in partnership with Juvenile Law Center and published throughout National Foster Care…
How Homelessness Crisis in LA Affects Aged-out Foster Youth
A look at how and why the housing crisis in Los Angeles (much like in San Francisco) disproportionately affects foster youth.
How Prevention Services Could Help Youth Avoid the Foster Care System
An important and poignant reflection on how one young person’s time in foster care could have been prevented.
Five Ways to Help Teens Feel Good about Themselves
“A 2018 study of early adolescents suggests that self-concept (your perception of self) plays a central role in emotional well-being… Positive self-concept seems to be the key variable in the…