Older Youth | Family Voices United

Understanding the Challenges Young People Face in Navigating the Safety Net

How can policies and programs work better for young people? We talked with young people who face these challenges (and people working at youth-serving organizations that connect young people to... (Read more)

Older Youth

Pregnant & Parenting Youth

So You Want to Include a Lived Experience Expert?

Organization/Advocate

There is increasing interest in engaging lived experts in the development of law, policy, training, and organiza- tional leadership. Before diving in, it is important to think through the why,... (Read more)

Kinship

Older Youth

Pregnant & Parenting Youth

Family Voices United Family First Peer Learning Session

Organization/Advocate

On March 11th, 2021 Family Voices United held a peer learning session with parents, kinship caregivers, and foster youth alumni, on the Family First Prevention Services Act, New Opportunities in... (Read more)

Congregate Care

Kinship

Mental Health

Older Youth

Pregnant & Parenting Youth

Prevention

Family Voices on Discrimination in the Child Welfare System

Birth Parent

Youth/Alumni

Kinship Caregiver

Foster Parent

Adoptive Parent

Organization/Advocate

Listen as Family Voices United members share their experiences with racism and discrimination in the child welfare system, their vision of an anti-racist system. Click here to listen... (Read more)

Kinship

Older Youth

“What is needed to ensure school reopenings are safe and equitable for children and families who are most impacted by COVID-19?”

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Birth Parent

Youth/Alumni

Kinship Caregiver

Foster Parent

Adoptive Parent

Organization/Advocate

Family Voices United asked current and former foster youth, parents, and kinship and relative caregivers: “ What is needed to ensure school reopenings are safe and equitable for children... (Read more)

Kinship

Mental Health

Older Youth

“As states move towards reopening, what supports would help you and your family make that transition most successful?”

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Birth Parent

Youth/Alumni

Kinship Caregiver

Foster Parent

Adoptive Parent

Organization/Advocate

As states move towards reopening, what supports would help you and your family make that transition most successful? Family Voices United asked current and former foster youth, parents, and kinship... (Read more)

Kinship

Older Youth

Prevention

“What are the EARLY warning signs that a family might be approaching a crisis?"

Birth Parent

Youth/Alumni

Kinship Caregiver

Foster Parent

Adoptive Parent

Organization/Advocate

Family Voices United asked current and former foster youth, parents and kinship and relative caregivers: “What are the EARLY warning signs that a family might be approaching a crisis? To... (Read more)

Kinship

Older Youth

Prevention

FosterClub Press Release: Young People from Foster Care Hit Hard by COVID-19, Lack Resources and Connections to Weather this Storm

Youth/Alumni

Organization/Advocate

(Washington D.C.) A second in a series of polls of young people from foster care has been conducted by FosterClub, the national network for young people from foster care, revealing... (Read more)

Older Youth

Podcast: Family Voices on COVID19 Crisis Impact & Resources

Organization/Advocate

Listen as Family Voices United members share their perspectives about how the current COVID19 crisis affects the everyday lives of families and constituents connected to the child welfare system! Click here to listen !(Read more)

Kinship

Older Youth

FosterClub Press Release: Youth from Foster Care Thrown into Crisis During Pandemic

Youth/Alumni

Organization/Advocate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mar 27, 2020 (Washington, DC) In a poll of young people from foster care conducted online via Facebook and Email March 21-24, 2020, FosterClub, the national network... (Read more)

Older Youth