Thrive: Helping Youth in Foster Care Build Permanent Connections

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of lasting relationships for youth in foster care and features insights from Sandra Gasca of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Every young person needs lasting relationships with caring adults as they navigate their way to adulthood. Too often,young people in the foster care system go with­out this sup­port. In the fourth episode of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's series on what young people need to thrive, host Gloria Riviera sits down with Sandra Gasca, Vice President of the Center for Systems Innovation at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Together, they explore what's working to help youth in foster care establish and maintain meaningful, lifelong connections. This episode was made possible with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, an organization that develops solutions to build a brighter future for children, youth, families and communities. Learn more at aecf.org.

People in this episode

Host: Gloria Riviera

Guest: Sandra Gasca

Topics covered

• foster care
• youth support
• relationships
• adulthood
• community

Keywords

• foster care
• youth
• relationships
• support
• Annie E. Casey Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Annie E. Casey Foundation

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