Fostering Change held a rally in Vancouver where former youth in care urged expansion of the Agreements with Young Adults program.
Former youth in care held a small rally in Vancouver Saturday hoping to help make life better for future generations of people leaving foster care in B.C.
The 26-year-old Russell said her group is campaigning for the government to provide universal and comprehensive supports for those youth. This would require improving the Agreements with Young Adults program, which is their primary means of support, she said.Before 2016, the program covered costs such as living expenses, child care, tuition and health care while a former foster youth attended school or a rehabilitation program for up to two years, between the ages of 19 and 24.
In August, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services released its report for B.C.’s 2020 provincial budget which, among 106 recommendations, included: “Broaden eligibility and adopt a needs-based lens for the Agreements with Young Adults program to provide comprehensive, flexible supports to former youth in care.
“Some youth leave care at 17, 15, and the programs that are there to support them when they age out need to be tailored to the needs of those youth.” Anita Shen, a former youth in care with Fostering Change, was so terrified of aging out that they left care when they were only 17 years old.
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