The Atlas of Blackness program mentors current and former foster youth and engages them on multimedia projects.

When the Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation (BMCF) was established in 2013, it was a small outreach ministry offering a single ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday is set to sign the “Fostering the Future” executive order, aimed at expanding resources for teens aging out of the foster care system. Charell Star, a former foster ...

Tanious, the new executive director of Foster Advocates, said its approach is to ensure that current and former foster youth “define their own outcomes.” ...

A California organization serving pregnant and parenting foster youth is asking the state to collect more information on that population. That’s part of a push for more resources. California has about ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: A group of former foster youth are calling for children in foster care to have better support and more control over their lives. The Minnesota ...

Black youth are overrepresented in the foster care system in the United States. According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), there were 368,530 youth in the United ...

SAN DIEGO — Just in Time for Foster Youth, a San Diego-based non-profit organization, is making a significant impact on the lives of young adults transitioning out of the foster care system by ...

In the world of business, we often talk about disrupting industries and breaking cycles. Some nonprofit organizations are applying this mindset to one of society’s most pressing challenges: supporting ...

For many young adults, attending community college is a stepping stone to a brighter future. But for foster youth, the path to higher education is often fraught with challenges, particularly the lack ...

At any given time, there are about 400,000 people up to age 17 in foster care in the United States, according to The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Many will never be adopted or permanently reunited with ...

Children who enter foster care have interrupted childhoods, often with multiple transitions between new and often unknown caregivers, schools, and friends. While successfully transitioning into ...