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It was the eighth time the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth hosted its annual shadow day, but this year is pivotal, advocates say. The Trump administration is considering rolling back Obama-era nondiscrimination rules that cut federal funding for agencies that refuse to let gay parents adopt — a move that could leave even more kids in foster care.
Lawmakers in the nation’s capital are working together this week to help some of the most vulnerable people in our country – children living in foster care.
Today, Rep. Karen Bass and the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth brought current and former foster youth from more than 30 states ranging from Alaska to Maine to DC for them to shadow their Member of Congress. Watch her discuss this important event here.
For generations, our nation has believed in the American dream: that each individual is given an opportunity to succeed through hard work, grit, and determination. However, for the more than 400,000 young people in foster care in the United States this dream can often seem out of reach.
Every day, young people in foster care face important decisions about their education, home placements and family connections. Many foster youth are moved from living situation to living situation and the relationships they’ve built with their biological and foster families, teachers and other caring adults are disrupted, leaving the transported foster youth to start from scratch.