Join us at the upcoming Thursday's Child public policy forum in Chicago on America's children and youth, their families and communities. This event is free.

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Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Implications for Providers, Impact on Budgets
 
One important provision of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act signed into law in 2008 extended federal support for keeping foster youth in care until age 21 with the goal of improving educational and health-related outcomes.
 
This extension of care has significant implications for services providers as they plan adaptations to their programs for a group of older youth who need services that will help prepare them for independence. It has implications as well for the budgets of state agencies and program providers. Join us on May 12 for a discussion on extending foster care to age 21: implications for providers, impact on budgets.

Panelists

• Mark Courtney, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago and Affiliated Scholar, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 
• Angie Schwartz, J.D., is the Policy Director at The Alliance for Children's Rights, where she works to improve the child welfare system through systemic reform.
• Matthew Stagner, Ph.D., Executice Director, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago (Moderator) 
• Other panelists to be announced