Knowledge Base

This site is designed to give youth a quick introduction to a career. It provides general information on preparation for the selected career, general pay scale, and projected job growth. The information is basic and intended for youth.

This site provides information on Life Skills assessments, plans, resources, and training.

The ‘Child Labor’ section provides information regarding Hour limitations for minors in the workforce.

Provides information for adults and teens on drivers license requirements and safety.

This site is a resource for youth to communicate with others in Foster Care. It provides youth with information about Foster Care and their rights and responsibilities as well as provides a list of topics that they so they can share their views.

Companion site to 'Foster Club'. This site is intended for youth who are aging out of foster care.

Companion site for 'Foster Club'. This site is intended for Foster Parents and Professionals working with youth in the system.

Provides study tips for students and allows them to post their own tips to share with others.

This site operates under the Fl Dept of Education. It provides information on various educational grant and loan programs for students. Students can apply for some programs on this site.

This resource provides scholarships, internships, virtual mentoring, care packages, and resources to Foster Teens who have aged out of the system.

Offers on-line search to identify colleges and scholarship resources.

Provides information on the science of drug abuse. Site is directed toward providing information for children in grades 5-9.

Web site is sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The site is ‘the young teen’s place for info on alcohol and resisting peer pressure’.

Program in West Palm designed to help teens transition from aging out of Foster Care to becoming a successful adult.

In this video from the Research and Training Center - Portland State University, youth in care describe how it feels to have no say in their permanency planning.

A guide for kids on preparing and recovering from hazardous weather in Florida.

This publication is an advocacy strategy to educate caregivers, politicians, and society about the perpetuating myth that children are prepared to live on their own at age 18.

This plan outlines several strategies with the goal of helping foster youth to achieve economic success. The intent of the publication is to lead agencies to increase investments and supportive policies that will have positive impact on teens exiting FC.

This publication provides a list of questions and answers from youth preparing to exit Foster Care.

This Chapin Hall study provides a comprehensive picture of how foster youth are faring during the transition from FC to adulthood.

This Chapin Hall publication examines the social support networks and relational well being of children who have aged out of foster care

This review is based on five experimental studies from the Child Trends database of experimental evaluations of social interventions for children and youth