Drawing on the expertise and extensive reach of both its membership organizations and its leadership, the National Foster Care Coalition (NFCC) has the capacity to assist states and localities in implementing key child welfare legislation. By engaging the voices of its diverse membership, including youth organizations, foster parents, and others, in the implementation process, NFCC can help ensure that this critically important new legislation will have the greatest positive impact on the children and youth it is intended to benefit.

Currently, NFCC is working on the implementation of the following:

• Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
• Foster Care Independence Act and the Chafee Education and Training Voucher Program

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Helping Teens Help Themselves

The Healthy Teen Network recently released, “Helping Teens Help Themselves." Pregnant and parenting teens exiting foster care face the challenge of trying to raise a child, often without a network. Access to supportive housing programs is one way to provide shelter and the social supports necessary for successful transitions. Healthy Teen Network’s blueprint represents a multi-year, multidisciplinary approach to increase supportive housing options for pregnant and parenting teens exiting foster care.