RISING YOUTH VOICE

New Deal for Youth Changemaker Yusef Presley uses his lived experience to highlight the need for increased resources and care for foster youth, particularly foster youth of color while in care and during their transition to adulthood.

Presley stated ”foster youth who have aged out of the system are less likely to graduate from high school or attend college, and experience higher rates of poverty and food insecurity. Moreover, too many end up getting caught in the foster-care-to-prison pipeline often due to stereotyping and the lack of access to resources.

https://newdealforyouth.org/young-leaders-advocate-for-ending-the-foster-care-to-prison-pipeline/