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Federal Advocacy Toolkit for Youth

This non-partisan toolkit is intended to help youth take their first steps to engage in federal advocacy in the United States, on issues that matter to them, their peers, and their families.

Advocating for Parents Rights for All Families

Kit de Herramientas de Promoción Federal para Padres y Cuidadores

Este kit de herramientas imparcial tiene como objetivo ayudar a los padres y cuidadores a dar sus primeros pasos, junto con sus hijos, para participar en la defensa de los temas que les importan a ellos y a sus familias a nivel federal en los Estados Unidos.

Youth and Community Advocacy Resources

Federal Advocacy Toolkit for Parents and Caregivers

This non-partisan toolkit is intended to help parents and caregivers to take their first steps, alongside their child(ren), to engage in federal advocacy in the United States, on issues that matter to them and their families.

Cash Benefits and Other Assistance: The Experiences of Expectant and Parenting Youth in California Foster Care

Expectant and parenting youth (EPY) with current or prior involvement in foster care experience multiple educational, health, and financial stressors.

Ensuring California Youth in Foster Care Receive Gender Affirming and Reproductive Health Care

All youth deserve the right to healthy relationships, healthy sexual development, and bodily autonomy to ensure they can lead thriving lives and create the futures they envision for themselves.

Fostering Parenthood the Podcast

This groundbreaking podcast released by NCYL's Reproductive Health Equity Project (RHEP), explores important topics impacting caregivers and youth today including consent, healthy relationships, sexual orientation, trauma, and foster youth rights.