Building Your Future After Foster Care
Postsecondary Education, Community Supports, and Your Voice
Life after foster care comes with big questions about where to live, how to pay for school, and how to find work. Originally a virtual convening, this 2-part toolkit was created with the needs of young people with experience in foster care in mind. You'll find housing, education, and career resources chosen for your situation so you can take your next step with confidence.
- Part 1: Watch the Building Your Future After Foster Care Webinar shares the interactive webinar facilitated by experts with deep knowledge of post-foster care support systems.
- Part 2: Building Your Future After Foster Care Slides and Resources includes the webinar slides plus links to platforms, tools, and other resources shared by attendees and facilitators.
About the Presenters
Christina Dukes is a federal and state policy, practice, and partnerships professional with extensive experience advancing education and wraparound support systems for students experiencing homelessness and foster care. She is the Founder and Principal of Pearl Strategies, a small, woman-owned education and human services consulting business based in the Charlotte metropolitan area.
Youth Collaboratory’s Kendel DeHart, Regina (Archie) Dix, Martine Jones, and Dash Togi have worked extensively on youth housing and systems navigation and collaboration. The TA team brings both personal and professional experience to this youth convening, and they are proud to host Community Care Spaces that will focus on building community and empowering youth voices.
This project was supported by Grant # 15JDP-22-GK-04981 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this toolkit are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.
