Elevate projects, poetry, and stories of foster youth are available on the Elevate web site.

For the first time, she found herself surrounded by foster youths who had a positive outlook on the future.

A magnetic personality now working to change the system from within, Lauren is a powerful voice for all foster youth.

Transition housing for foster youth who have aged out of the foster care system.

Their first recommendation was that foster youths should have a say whenever changes in their status were considered.

America's foster youth represent a large number of the incarcerated.

Clothing and donation items are generally available for foster youth to keep.

It is used to describe anytime a foster youth leaves the varying factors of foster care, including home, school and financial systems.

Often used to highlight the problems traditional foster care approaches face, aging out affects foster youth in a variety of ways.

One-third of foster youth earn below $6,000 per year, which is well below the national poverty level.