Tag Archives: foster youth
Ready To Succeed, which has set countless youth exiting the turbulence of foster care on their paths to career stability […more…]
Matt, a Los Angeles teenager living in foster care, was “mad, irritated,” and most of all “disappointed” when his social […more…]
Since 2016, the U.S.-based nonprofit Kidsave has been in Ukraine working to find older kids living in orphanages and institutions, […more…]
In spite of the tragic outcomes that impact the majority of children raised in foster care, Serita Cox beat the […more…]
Yasmin Delahoussaye grew up in kinship care, which is as close to foster care as you can get. The relatives […more…]
Pauline, a 19-year-old in Los Angeles’ extended foster care program and a new mother, drew the unwanted attention of the […more…]
Anthony Pico was homeless, unemployed, and had aged out of the foster care system when he started seeing a therapist […more…]
Makes history as Friends LA’s largest gift ever from individual donor Friends LA is thrilled to announce that it has […more…]
We’re thrilled to invite you to our next free Community Workshopon Thursday, August 24th from 10am-12pm PDT featuring keynote speaker […more…]
Please join us for our next free Continuing Education event! Did you know that when you volunteer with A Home […more…]
Larry is 19 years old. Smart and motivated, he is a foster youth, touched by the criminal justice system when […more…]
Evacuees in Ukraine call Kidsave’s team there “Angels of Hope.” What started as a small, rag-tag group of civilians, orphan […more…]
The mental health and wellness app offers digital tools to manage stress, build resilience, and combat the unprecedented mental health […more…]
Aimee was referred to The RightWay Foundation by Long Beach City College. She had recently emancipated from the foster care […more…]
Crystal was in the foster care system since she was a little girl, after being removed from her home due […more…]
Franco Vega knows the hardships kids in South Central Los Angeles often face, because he himself went through it. Growing […more…]
The Children’s Law Center of California is the nation’s largest nonprofit law firm exclusively representing children – including those who […more…]
By her own description, Leslie Gilbert-Lurie had a sheltered middle-class childhood in suburban Los Angeles. Her family ate dinner together […more…]
Since 1998, South Los Angeles nonprofit Peace4Kids has connected youth in foster care to a community they can count on […more…]
Inspired by their experiences adopting children and visiting Russian and Kazakhstani orphanages in the early 1990s, Randi Thompson and her […more…]
Janay Eustace found herself in the foster care system as a new high school freshman, juggling her duties as class […more…]