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How to Support LGBTQIA+ Youth: Gender-Affirming Care and Resources

LGBTQIA youth

Having just ONE accepting and affirming adult can change the life of an LGBTQIA+ youth. Learn ways to show your support today.

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7 Ways You Can Help a Child in Foster Care (Without Being a Foster Parent)

Woman wants to help a child in foster care

Learn seven different things you can do (besides becoming a foster parent) to help a child in foster care!

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The KVC Institute Shares a Big Idea for Transforming Foster Care in America

The KVC Institute for Health Systems Innovation today released its “Big Idea” campaign describing how public and private agencies and other stakeholders can transform foster care in America.

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Country Star Gives Hope to Kids in Foster Care

Country music singer/songwriter Jimmy Wayne tells the story of his troubling childhood in the autobiography ‘Walk to Beautiful.’ Wayne hopes his book will give hope to children in foster care and inspire more people to adopt these kids.

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Improving Outcomes for Our Nation’s Foster Youth

Vice President Joe Biden announced new steps aimed at supporting and improving outcomes for youth in and aging out foster care.

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Homeless Youth Problem Misunderstood

Federal administrators are determined to end youth homelessness by 2020 and KVC is leading a broadly-supported initiative to create a new national model for this vulnerable population.

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Initiative Aims to Transform Closing Naval Base into Career College for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

If the proposal comes to fruition, the ensuing Sugar Grove College could become a new national model for how to help a vulnerable population while saving and creating jobs.

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