Just in Time for Foster Youth is featured on CBS 8 during Giving Tuesday Now as a recipient of the San Diego Foundation's COVID-19 Response Fund; participant Stephany shares her story.
Licensed to Thrive
Marquita’s entire life changed in third grade when she was taken away during school and placed into the foster care system. In her 11 years in care, she was initially separated from her sister,...
Conquering College and the Future
As a child, Samantha spent nine years in the foster care system before the court appointed her grandmother as the legal guardian of her and her four siblings. Growing up, she witnessed high crime in...
Securing the Support to Rise Up
Jasmine’s experience in the foster care system began around age 8. Her parents often found themselves in trouble with the law, which led to her mother being incarcerated, her father disappearing...
Feeling Right at Home
Isacc spent ages 7-13 in the foster care system after being taken away from his alcoholic mother, jumping between multiple foster homes, group homes and schools with little support before being...
Down Payment on a Good Life
When their single father passed away from cancer, Amanda and her four younger siblings entered foster care. At just 16 years old, she was placed in an unhealthy foster home filled with drugs and...