This October, we observe National Mental Health Awareness Month and World Mental Health Day (Oct.10.) These designations give us the opportunity to have honest conversations about mental health, while reducing stigma and encouraging those who need support to reach...
Health & Well-Being
From Couch Surfing to Stability: How Foster Success Helped Mary Rebuild Her Life
Mary was just 18 years old when she reached out to Foster Success for support, finding herself without a stable place to live and relying on couch surfing. After exiting foster care, she enrolled in college, but the weight of newfound responsibilities was...
Young People Aging Out of Foster Care Need Your Help This Summer
Supporting Foster Success’s Basic Needs program ensures they don’t have to worry about tomorrow. Young people aging out of foster care face countless barriers in their lives often preventing them from meeting their basic needs. Summer can be a vulnerable and lonely...
Foster Success Helping Ensure Those Transitioning Out of Foster Care Are Housed
INDIANAPOLIS – On average, 25 percent of teens and young adults who have experienced foster care will become homeless within four years of aging out or being emancipated from the foster care system. Foster Success is combating this statistic by offering programs to...
Meeting Her Basic Needs Changed Her Life
Rosie experienced homelessness for three years. She had been in the foster care system since she was seven years old, and didn’t have a permanent support system until last year, when Foster Success became the shoulder she needed to lean on. Now, the 19-year-old...
Foster Success Creates Basic Needs Resources
Foster Success has introduced new resources to help young adults transitioning out of foster care meet their basic needs and has created a new position, a Basic Needs Coordinator, to oversee this work. The Basic Needs Coordinator helps solve immediate needs through an...
COVID-19 Information & FAQs
Planning Through the Pandemic Young adults currently or formerly in care are eligible for new and expanded assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This assistance is designed to remove barriers young adults may face due to the pandemic. The below provides information...
COVID-19 highlights impact of family privilege
Family privilege encompasses many things – but right now the most apparent one is the safety net that young adults often have to fall back on for basic needs including housing and food, financial support, and mental and emotional support.
COVID-19 emergency fund application for older foster youth
Older foster youth affected by COVID-19 can apply here for emergency funds
COVID-19 help and resources for older foster youth
We’ve compiled a list of offers, promotions, and government resources for older foster youth disrupted by COVID-19.
