The purpose of this project is to examine the connection between foster care and homelessness and to determine whether or not there is an over-representation of people with a foster care history in the homeless population.

Serves as our primary communication tool with youth. This web site is a hub of information relating to foster care, including articles, q+a, message boards, contests, discussion of foster care topics, and even biographies of famous people who grew up in care. It’s the resource that's available to youth 24/7.

We started teaching yoga at White Shield in 2003.

The girls at White Shield range in age from 12-17. We have been teaching the longest in the Wildflowers program, where girls come to live for up to 3 months while waiting to be moved elsewhere by the State foster care system.

We have just taught our first nutrition/cooking class at the Cottagew 

Youth Communications has published Foster Care Youth United, founded in 1993, a magazine written by and for young people in foster care.

The Mockingbird Times is a monthly newspaper designed and produced by young people who have experience with the Washington State foster care/group home system and/or homelessness.