Breaking Barriers for Youth in Foster Care: Flipping the Script

Abstract

Without a strong family and community, youth and children are at risk of entering into the foster care system and transitioning to adulthood without the adequate support and resources they need to thrive and be successful. This presentation will include a panel with child welfare policy experts, education experts, former foster youth, government leaders, and others to discuss how children and youth are at risk. Combined with lived experience and expertise, this presentation will give the audience a glance into the foster care system, vulnerable families and how school districts, communities, states and the federal government are implementing policy changes to help children and youth at risk.