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CREDIT: CA Youth Connection
CREDIT: CA Youth Connection
CREDIT: Legal Services Funders Network
CREDIT: Legal Services Funders Network
CREDIT: California CASA
CREDIT: California CASA
CREDIT: On The Move/Voices
CREDIT: On The Move/Voices
CREDIT: John Muir Land Trust
CREDIT: John Muir Land Trust
CREDIT: John Burton Advocates for Youth
CREDIT: John Burton Advocates for Youth
CREDIT: NV System of Higher Education
CREDIT: NV System of Higher Education
  • Two types of housing vouchers for foster youth (EdSource, 1/9/24).
  • Fostering college success (Truckee Meadows Community College, 1/17/24).
  • California's governor's budget breaks his promise to older foster youth (Imprint, 2/2/24).
  • Small grants yield big cash: A foundation helped unlocked millions in public funds for homeless youth (Inside Philanthropy, 2/13/24).
  • Advocates warn against cutting housing subsidies for former foster youth (EdSource, 2/14/24).
  • Opinion: California foster youth often slip through the cracks. Cutting their rental support doesn't help (CalMatters, 2/21/24).
  • Economic mobility through college prep and free college for students with experience in foster care (Working Nation, 2/1/24).
  • Overlooked and almost out of time: Pandemic era funds for children and youth experiencing homelessness (SchoolHouse Connections, 2/22/24).
  • Youth Workforce Development in California (New Ways to Work, 3/24).
  • Are California's Foster Youth Claiming the State's New Tax Credit (Public Policy Institute of California, 4/9/24).
  • States have been using foster children's social security benefits.  That's ending in some places (Associated Press, 4/17/24).
  • Foster children fight to stop states from taking federal benefits (New York Times, 4/26/24).
  • Seven funders working to improve child welfare and foster care (Inside Philanthropy, 4/22/24).
  • Marin County woman helps young adults who age out of foster care by decorating homes (CBS, 4/29/24).
  • Seven funders working to improve child welfare and foster care (Inside Philanthropy, 5/24/24).
  • Destination graduation (Foster Youth Pre College Collective, 6/3/24).
  • Thank you JBAY Executive Director Amy Lemley (John Burton Advocates for Youth, 6/6/24).
  • Amy Lemley, long time champion for California's older foster youth, to step down from influential advocacy group (Imprint, 6/18/24).
  • College costs uncovered (John Burton Advocates for Youth, 10/1/24).
  • Historic downtown Stockton building to be converted to housing for foster youth (ABC10, 10/4/24).
  • Disconnected Youth Coalition to help the 42,000 young adults who are not employed or in school (Nevada Business, 10/10/24).
  • Paying for college as a student with foster care history (John Burton Advocates for Youth, 10/14/24).
  • Three Champions to be honored as John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY) marks 20 years of impact (John Burton Advocates for Youth, 10/18/24).
  • Administration seeks input on protecting benefits for foster youth (Imprint, 11/1/24).
  • Donor spotlight (California Local Conservation Corp Foundation, 11/24).
  • Non-regulatory guidance: Ensuring educational stability and success for students in foster care (US Dept of Education, 11/24).
  • Hundreds turn out for healing center opening (Boulder City Review, 11/7/24).
  • New joint guidance to support students in foster care (American Bar Association Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, 12/24).
  • Understanding belongingness, support, and perseverance: An exploratory study of the educational experience of foster youth in California  (UCLA Center for Transformation of Schools, 12/24).

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