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September 2008

Are you 18 years-old? We need more young adults like you to help convince policymakers and law makers how important foster care issues are and how important it is to keep providing independent living services. Each election, people are put in charge to make decisions affecting aspects of your daily life. You can help decide who that is. Register to vote for the 2008 presidential election here!

It's a sneak preview! Here is a TV ad that highlights everyday people helping youth in foster care. This ad will air later this year and encourages citizens to become foster parents.

See it here on YouTube along with other foster care related ads and videos by foster youth.

 

 

ILP Seattle provides resources
to young adults, empowering them
to transition

out of the foster care system successfully
to become thriving, independent, capable adults.


 

ILP Seattle is an independent project developed with the assistance of Casey Family Programs, Treehouse, YMCA Transitions, YMCA's Independent Living Program and Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Children and Family Services, Region IV.

"For many Americans, the 18th birthday is an important one. Turning 18 means you can vote. It means you can often go away to get a job or to school.

But it should never mean that you're left on your own. For too many young people, turning 18 has been just the beginning of a lonely and sometimes harrowing journey toward adulthood." - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, December 15, 1999