Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for

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Connected by 25:  A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster 
Youth 

The transition from childhood to adulthood is often a precarious 
journey--filled with opportunity and risk.   With proper guidance and 
support, young people explore their unique talents and interests; develop 
knowledge, skills, and aspirations; and acquire the relationships and 
connections that they will depend upon for a lifetime.  Developing a 
strategy for public- and private-sector investments to help youth in 
foster care become connected by age 25 poses a significant challenge.  The 
Foster Care Work Group is one of three work groups of the Youth Transition 
Funders Group--a group formed by leaders from foundations dedicated to 
improving the lives of our nation's most vulnerable young people by 
ensuring that they are successfully connected by age 25 to institutions 
and support systems that will enable them to succeed throughout adulthood. 
 This investment plan, produced by the Foster Care Work Group, calls for 
government, foundations, community organizations, and individuals to 
mobilize their energy and resources with a greater focus on the future of 
foster youth and those aging out of foster care. For further information 
about the Youth Transition Funders Group and this project, please contact 
Lorne Needle at 415-668-1771 or ytfginfo at ccfy.org.

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Roherty, Martha
Outreach and Dissemination Coordinator           The Finance Project
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Washington, DC 20005 
MRoherty at financeproject.org 
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