TABF 2012: Join Us

Please join us at our 2012 Foster Care Month Event, Toward A Brighter Future on May 29th. We'll present commendations to 14 remarkable leaders working to create a brighter future for all foster youth. Read more »

Big FYA Thank You

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came out to Journey to Change 2012! Special thanks to our awesome team of youth planners who made it all possible: BJ, Chelsea, Chatani, and Delexes. Read more »

FYA on the Bay Citizen

Reed Connell, Executive Director of the Foster Youth Alliance, has launched a blog over at the Bay Citizen. Read his first post on Realignment in California: Much More Than Just Jails. Read more »

The Foster Youth Alliance believes all youth deserve to look forward to a bright, productive future.

Every day, we strengthen the system of services for foster and probation youth in Alameda County, California, because when young people are empowered and supported in fulfilling their potential, they thrive.

May Is National Foster Care Month

"President Obama 'recognize(s) the promise of America's children and youth in foster care...'" Read more »

FYA on Realignment of CWS

FYA's ED Reed Connell, is interviewed for a piece on the realignment of foster care published Friday on The Chronicle of Social Change blog, a project of our friends at Fostering Media Connections. Read more »

Financing Your Education

Check out B:E's excellent new guide for transition age youth: Financing Your Education! Read more »

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A coalition of community based organizations and public agencies, the Foster Youth Alliance seeks to assure the well being and empowerment of foster and probation youth by engaging in strategic advocacy to develop resources, provide for continuous improvement of programs, and maintain accountability in publicly funded service systems.

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