Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation CEO Nichol Whiteman Honored as the National Foster Youth Institute’s Champion of Children & Youth Award Recipient
Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation CEO Nichol Whiteman Honored as the National Foster Youth Institute’s Champion of Children & Youth Award Recipient LADF invests $25K in Local Youth Development Nonprofit Helping to Lift up Foster Youth Voices LOS ANGELES (March 8, 2024) – Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation CEO Nichol Whiteman was honored with the National Champion […]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to Present Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation CEO Nichol Whiteman with National Foster Youth Institute’s Champion of Youth & Children Award
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to Present Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation CEO Nichol Whiteman with National Foster Youth Institute’s Champion of Youth & Children Award Award to Recognize Whiteman’s Efforts to Support VulnerableYouth LOS ANGELES (March 1, 2024) – On March 2, the National Foster Youth Institute and the los Angeles Dodgers Foundation will host […]
Student Debt Relief for 3-10% of Former Foster Youth Who Graduate
National Foster Youth Institute Reminds Communities to Support Former Foster Youth in Filling Out Student Debt Relief Application With just 3-10% of former foster youth obtaining a college degree with little to no support system, student debt is one of very few options available in pursuit of higher education, family-supporting jobs. WASHINGTON, DC — With […]
NFYI Member Talks to USA Today About Student Loan Forgiveness
What will student loan forgiveness mean for former foster youth? NFYI member Theron Ogedengbe told USA Today that he’s grateful for relief after taking out loans when “I didn’t have any parental forces around me, or anyone to tell me what I was signing up for.” Debt relief will change the lives of some with […]
NFYI’s Rebecca Louve Yao Discusses SCOTUS Dobbs Decision on MSNBC
Rebecca Louve Yao, executive director of the National Foster Youth Institute, joined MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin to talk about how the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could impact the US foster care system.
Foster Youth Visit Capitol Hill to Shadow Members of Congress
FOSTER YOUTH VISIT CAPITOL HILL TO SHARE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN CHILD WELFARE WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND PUSH FOR FEDERAL POLICY CHANGE Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Rep. Bass, and actor Jason Lee support youth advocates and bring foster youth voices to the House floor at the annual Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Day event. Washington, […]
End of Roe v. Wade May Overwhelm Foster Care Systems
By Russell Contreras Axios Underfunded and overstressed foster care systems are bracing for new pressures if the overturning of Roe v. Wade sends more children their way. Why it matters: About 424,000 children in foster care on any given day already face shortages of placements, low high school graduation rates, and disproportionately high rates of incarceration and homelessness. Without new […]
Former LA Foster Youth Advocates for Change to the System
Click here to WATCH NFYI Member and 2022 Shadow Day Delegate Junely Merwin tell her story of parenting while in foster care to becoming an advocate for herself and others in Washington, DC. By Cassie Semyon, Washington, DC Spectrum News 1 LOS ANGELES — When she was just 15 years old, Junely Merwin was removed […]
Congress to Meet With Foster Youth on Capitol Hill – June 22
MEDIA ADVISORY June 14, 2022 REP. KAREN BASS ONE OF MANY CONGRESS MEMBERS TO MEET WITH FOSTER YOUTH ON CAPITOL HILL – JUNE 22 For 10th year, foster youth travel to Capitol Hill for annual leadership training, including a special opportunity to shadow members of Congress. – Washington, DC (June 13, 2022) – Current and former […]
What the End of Roe v. Wade Would Mean for Foster Youth
MEDIA ADVISORY May 4, 2022 Ending safe and legal abortion would have a drastic ripple effect through the child welfare system, impacting foster youth for generations, says National Foster Youth Institute LOS ANGELES (MAY 4, 2022) On Monday night, the leaked draft opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health sent shockwaves through the country with its […]