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Lacey Baker started skateboarding a few months after she started walking. She was two, briefly living in foster care in Southern California, and couldn't stop staring at the half-pipe set...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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The Human Rights Campaign and researchers at the University of Connecticut are working together on a national online survey of LGBTQ young people. They want to hear your views about...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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It is that time again. You're going into the big bad world of education and you're not sure if you're ready, if you want it, if it is even worth...

Education
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Unlike many, I never had someone treat me less than due to my status as a foster youth. However, I did have people look at me differently- just not in...

Education
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There have been countless times where I was told I could or could not do something due to my status as a foster youth. I was not one to have...

Education

FosterClub young leader, Rachel Scott (Washington) and Rochelle Fraenig (Michigan), traveled to Washington D.C. in order to meet with the First Lady and participate in the Beating the Odds Summit...

Education
Higher education

This week we were asked to look into resources within our own states. I know this is something that means a lot to me considering that when I wanted to...

Education

Hey there fellow Californians! Want to know a few resources that are available to you as a foster youth? I hope the answer to that is yes! If the answer...

Education

Some of the resources in Texas may include things like a tuition waiver. A tuition waiver takes care of the payments for classes. The tuition waiver is beneficial in all...

Education
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Veda's Story At a very young age, about six months old, I was removed from my parents care and placed in the foster care system. It took months for my...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth