1. Panel
Presentation:
Foster Youth
Resources and
Perspectives

2. Transition to Young Adulthood for
a young person growing up with their biological family

3. Challenges faced by a young person
who “ages out” of foster care

4. Support during the transition

5. Panel of Experts

6. Conversations with foster parents to
prepare you for the future

7. Conversations with foster parents that
you wish you had

8. Mission Statement:
Ohio Reach improves post-secondary outcomes
for foster care youth and alumni through
advocacy, leadership, networking and empowerment.

9. L.E.A.R.N:
(Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy, Research, and
Networking)
Campus
Liaisons at
several
schools
Emergency
Fund for
students
Oct. 17
statewide
youth
conference

10. Did your foster parents help you to….

11. High school and
post-secondary resources

12. The Ohio Benefit Bank is a program of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks,
designed to assist Ohioans in accessing life-changing programs and
resources such as:
• Universal Youth Transition Plan
• Food and Nutrition Programs
• Taxes and Student Aid Programs (including the FAFSA)
• Medicaid
• Child Care
• Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• Ohio Works First Cash Assistance (OWF)

14. The importance of knowing about
resources

15. The Foster Youth Advocacy Center provides free legal help to current and
former foster youth in Central Ohio, ages 16-25.
This team of lawyers and law students can assist with:
• Attaining an original birth certificate
• Attaining an original social security card
• Attaining a current state identification card
• Understanding legal documents
• Sealing or deleting criminal records
• Getting healthcare, public benefits, housing or insurance

16. Resources that can
make or break your future

17. Collective voices of current and former
foster care youth

18. Being empowered to help
MAKE a difference

19. Building a bright future

20. Circle
of Support

21. Questions and Answers

22. Permanency Pact:

23. What exactly
can I rely on you for?
It is critical to the youth’s success to identify those adults who will continue
to provide various supports through and beyond the transition from care.
Clarifying exactly what the various supports will include can help to avoid
gaps in the youth’s safety net and misunderstandings between the youth
and the supportive adult(s).
• A home for the holidays
• A place to do laundry
• An emergency place to stay
• Care packages while in college
• Storage
• Someone to discuss problems with
• A phone or computer to use