Panel Presentation:

Foster Youth Resources and

Perspectives

Transition to Young Adulthood fora young person growing up with their biological family

Challenges faced by a young personwho “ages out” of foster care

Support during the transition

Panel of Experts

Conversations with foster parents to prepare you for the future

Conversations with foster parents that you wish you had

Mission Statement:Ohio Reach improves post-secondary outcomes

for foster care youth and alumni through advocacy, leadership, networking and empowerment.

L.E.A.R.N:(Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy, Research, and

Networking)

Campus Liaisons at

several schools

Emergency Fund for students

Oct. 17statewide

youthconference

Did your foster parents help you to….

High school and post-secondary resources

The Ohio Benefit Bank is a program of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, designed to assist Ohioans in accessing life-changing programs and resources such as:

• Universal Youth Transition Plan • Food and Nutrition Programs• Taxes and Student Aid Programs (including the FAFSA)• Medicaid• Child Care • Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)• Ohio Works First Cash Assistance (OWF)

The importance of knowing about resources

The Foster Youth Advocacy Center provides free legal help to current and former foster youth in Central Ohio, ages 16-25.

This team of lawyers and law students can assist with:

• Attaining an original birth certificate• Attaining an original social security card• Attaining a current state identification card• Understanding legal documents• Sealing or deleting criminal records• Getting healthcare, public benefits, housing or insurance

Resources that can make or break your future

Collective voices of current and former foster care youth

Being empowered to help MAKE a difference

Building a bright future

Circle of Support

Questions and Answers

Permanency Pact:

What exactly can I rely on you for?

It is critical to the youth’s success to identify those adults who will continue to provide various supports through and beyond the transition from care.

Clarifying exactly what the various supports will include can help to avoid gaps in the youth’s safety net and misunderstandings between the youth and the supportive adult(s).

• A home for the holidays• A place to do laundry• An emergency place to stay• Care packages while in college• Storage• Someone to discuss problems with• A phone or computer to use