Los Angeles, CA

The National Foster Youth Institute envisions a nation where all children are raised in safe and loving families, and the child welfare system serves as a beacon of hope for needy families.​ We aim to transform the child welfare system by building a national grassroots movement led by foster youth and their families. Indeed, transformative foster care reform will not come to fruition unless individuals with personal experience lead the effort to develop and design the needed policy changes and The National Foster Youth Institute envisions a nation where all children are raised in safe and loving families, and the child welfare system serves as a beacon of hope for needy families.​ We aim to transform the child welfare system by building a national grassroots movement led by foster youth and their families. Indeed, transformative foster care reform will not come to fruition unless individuals with personal experience lead the effort to develop and design the needed policy changes and programs.​ Read More...