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Check out these local and national articles featuring expert voices from our staff and Fosters leaders in our network, as well as Minnesota Foster op-ed and commentary pieces!
Featured Articles:
(6/8/25) Former Minnesota foster youth offer first-of-a-kind plan to overhaul ‘dehumanizing’ system
(6/7/25) Silent No More: Groundbreaking Report on Life in the Child Welfare System Produced by Minnesota Foster Youth
(3/19/2025) Imprint News: Bill to Expand Grants for Foster Youth to Attend College Faces New Hurdles and Heightened Interest
(2/25/25) Imprint Youth Voice: Bridging the Gap in the Academic Success of Foster Youth
(1/23/2025) Imprint Youth Voice: America's Favorite Pasttime is Failing Native Foster Youth
(1/22/2025) Star Tribune: Minnesota Counties use federal benefits intended for foster children
(2/11/2025) Imprint News: Minnesota Child Welfare Officials Advise State to Protect Foster Youth's SSI Benefits
(5/24/2024) Star Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers find fix to help foster kids pay for college)
(5/24/25) Imprint News: Following Public Outcry, College Aid for MN Foster Youth Gets the Boost it Needs to Fund All Applicants
(5/24/2024) MPR: Minnesota ensures one more year of free college for former foster youth
(6/28/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: Tackling the Barriers to a Foster Youth's Academic Success
(6/21/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: Staying on the Educational Path Despite the Odds
(6/17/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: Finishing School While Homeless is No Easy Feat
(5/26/2024) New York Times: Foster Children Fight to Stop States From Taking Federal Benefits
(5/9/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: School Became My Escape
(5/9/2024) Imprint News: Need Help in Minnesota’s Foster Care System? Starting Today, There’s Someone to Listen
(5/7/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: A Foster Youth's Struggle to Pursue Higher Education
(5/2/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: Inawemaagan
(4/16/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: Teens Entering Foster Care Face High-Stress Situations
(4/2024) CASCW 360: A Foster Youth's Appeal for Post-Pandemic Support
(4/4/2024) Star Tribune: MN lawmakers say they've struck a deal to help former foster kids pay for college next year
(4/7/2024) CBS News: Foster Children Deprived of Benefits
(3/26/2024) WDAY ABC: MSUM Student Faces Uncertain Future After MN Grant Program for Foster Children Runs Out of Money
(3/26/2024) Imprint News: College Grant Program for MN Foster Youth a Victim of its Own Success
(3/21/2024) Star Tribune: MN promised foster kids free college. But now there isn't enough money.
(3/21/2024) MPR: ‘I’m devastated’: Hundreds of former fosters may lose state financial aid for college
(1/23/2024) Imprint Youth Voice: Generational Foster Care in Native American Communities
(1/11/2024) Star Tribune: As Minnesota considers child protection reforms, should responsibility fall to state or counties?
(11/9/2023) Imprint Youth Voice: Lost and Found
(11/8/2023) Imprint Youth Voice: Getting My Ducks in a Row
(11/7/2023) Imprint Youth Voice: We are Grieving
(11/6/2023) Imprint Youth Voice: Where Do Reimbursement Checks Go?
(11/2/203) Imprint Youth Voice: My Sister is a Stranger
(11/1/2023) Imprint Youth Voice: Surviving the System
(6/2023) KTSP: Foster Advocates critical of MN Dept. of Education's handling of data breach
(4/12/2023) MPR: College is now free for young Minnesotans who were in foster care as teens
(1/12/2023) Imprint Youth Voice: Educational Support for People in Foster Care
(11/26/22) Star Tribune: Minnesota Counties Take Millions in Federal Benefits Meant for Children in Foster Care
(11/28/22) WCCO: Are Minnesota Counties Stealing Social Security Payments from Foster Kids?
(11/18/22) Imprint Youth Voice: Lending my Voice to Legislative Change for Minnesota Foster Youth
(11/17/22) Imprint Youth Voice: Autism in the Foster System
(11/16/22) Imprint Youth Voice: Segregation of LGBTQ+ Youth
(11/15/22) Imprint Youth Voice: Broken System Leads to Broken Families
(11/14/22): Imprint Youth Voice: The Intersection of Generational Trauma and Foster Care
(10/27/2022) Star Tribune: Nowhere to Go For Most Troubled Youth
(10/26/2022) MPR: How local foster care advocates are changing hospital stay protocol
(8/27/22) Star Tribune New Voices: Being LGBTQ in foster care is to encounter discrimination, ambiguity
(8/15/22) Imprint: Under a New Law, These Minnesota Foster Youth are College-Bound, Tuition-Free
(7/14/22) Youth Voice: I Was Treated as a Problem in Foster Care Because of my Autism
(6/28/22): Star Tribune: St. Paul Bush Fellow Hoang Murphy wants to help children in foster care find deeper connections
(6/13/22) The Imprint: Minnesota Foster Youth, Advocates Celebrate Creation of Ombuds Office
(06/12/22) Fox9: College grant giving Minnesota students raised in foster system a life-changing chance
(6/09/22) MPR News: Past & current Bush fellows reflect on changes needed to foster care in MN
(5/18/22) Youth Voice: Look Further Than the Surface
(05/17/22) The Imprint: Proposed Laws Limit Practice of Seizing Federal Benefits from Fosters
(05/16/22) Youth Voice Writing Contest 2022 — First Place, Poetry: Safe Me
(02/24/22) Youth Voice: Positive Self-Talk As a Way to Handle Tough Moments
(02/01/22) Youth Voice: How Coping Skills Can Help to Manage Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(01/03/22) Youth Voice: Group Homes Have a Legacy of Causing Harm to Foster Youth
(11/09/21) The Imprint: Snapshots From the Life in the Foster Care System
(9/28/21) WCCO: Foster Youths Affected By Pandemic Eligible For Financial Assistance
(9/22/21) WCCO: Foster Youths Affected By Pandemic Eligible For Financial Assistance
(9/20/21) Racial Reckoning: New State Program Provides Free Tuition For Students In Foster Care
(9/9/21) The Imprint: As Deadline for Federal Pandemic Relief Looms, Fosters Are Being Failed Yet Again
(7/31/2021) Star Tribune: New state grant program will cover college costs..
(7/13/21) MN Reformer: Teens in foster care will go to college for free, under new state program
(6/3/21) The Imprint: Minnesota Bill Would Remove Financial Burden of College for State’s Foster Youth
(5/27/21) The imprint: MN Foster Children are no Less Safe in Kinship Homes, and Benefits Abound
(5/25/21) The Imprint: One Year Later: Youth Voice Writers Reflect on the Police Murder of George Floyd
(3/18/21) Star Tribune: Lifeline for Foster Youth hit by Pandemic
(9/24/20) The Imprint: Survey Finds Black and Native Foster Youth Bearing the Brunt of Coronavirus in MN
(9/11/20) The Imprint: New School Year Brings More Uncertainty for Minnesota Foster Youth
(9/7/20) The Imprint: Suicide Looms Large in Minds of Many Foster Youth
