Making It
Possible

What should child welfare agencies consider as they work with and actively support youth in permanency-related policymaking and systems reform?
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services recently released a summary of the 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence.
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Hear "Voices from the Inside."

Advocacy tips for teens from FosterClub.

Youth and
Family Perspectives

“I enjoy working with [Iowa's] Department of Human Services because it feels like someone is finally listening to me, and they aren't just listening, they are actually doing something about it.”
— Lorisha, Elevate2Inspire, Iowa

Iowa's Elevate2Inspire, a unique partnership, is active on multiple fronts: as advocates for the needs of young people in foster care, as trainers in partnership with their state agency, as producers of commercials promoting foster parent recruitment and legislative activists.