You must enable cookies for this web site to function properly.
Congress includes support for current and former foster youth!
Thanks to the tremendous work of current and former foster youth and thousands of advocates like you, the $900 billion stimulus bill has been signed into law with $350 million additional dollars going to states to support older youth. In addition to direct stimulus payments of $600 to eligible individuals, the bill also includes the Supporting Foster Youth & Families through the Pandemic Act (H.R. 7947)— providing funding for cash assistance, housing, college and more to support current and former foster youth 14 to 26.
Thank you for standing up for children during these difficult days.
Want to do more?
Your donation helps:
- Protect children from abuse and neglect
- Fight persistent attacks on children’s safety while in state care
- Push for reforms to unsafe child welfare, juvenile justice, and immigration and healthcare systems
- Disrupt systems that perpetuate racism and generational poverty
Consider taking action on other issues.
Detention is No Place for A Child Call on President Biden to Keep His Promise of a Humane Immigration System Fight Against Discrimination, Demand More Loving Homes for Child Pass the Every Child Deserves a Family Act Demand Policymakers Free Our Youth We must continue to fight for children's health and safety by removing them from crowded detention facilities and placing them in homes. It's got to be families over facilities--now more than ever. Stop Criminalizing Children, Invest in Their Healing Call on Policymakers to Stop Prison Pipelines and Fund Community Services