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    The John Burton Advocates for Youth organization addresses challenges facing foster youth and homeless youth in California through advocacy, training, and direct support. Their work has led to positive developments like improved foster care outcomes and a better understanding of homeless youth issues, but challenges remain such as poor adult outcomes for older foster youth. The organization trains over 3,000 professionals annually and directly supports around 2,200 at-risk youth. They receive funding from state, local, and federal sources to conduct their work improving housing, education, and health outcomes for foster and homeless youth.

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    The John Burton Advocates for Youth organization addresses challenges facing foster youth and homeless youth in California through advocacy, training, and direct support. Their work has led to positive developments like improved foster care outcomes and a better understanding of homeless youth issues, but challenges remain such as poor adult outcomes for older foster youth. The organization trains over 3,000 professionals annually and directly supports around 2,200 at-risk youth. They receive funding from state, local, and federal sources to conduct their work improving housing, education, and health outcomes for foster and homeless youth.

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    The John Burton Advocates for Youth organization addresses challenges facing foster youth and homeless youth in California through advocacy, training, and direct support. Their work has led to positive developments like improved foster care outcomes and a better understanding of homeless youth issues, but challenges remain such as poor adult outcomes for older foster youth. The organization trains over 3,000 professionals annually and directly supports around 2,200 at-risk youth. They receive funding from state, local, and federal sources to conduct their work improving housing, education, and health outcomes for foster and homeless youth.

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    The John Burton Advocates for Youth organization addresses challenges facing foster youth and homeless youth in California through advocacy, training, and direct support. Their work has led to positive developments like improved foster care outcomes and a better understanding of homeless youth issues, but challenges remain such as poor adult outcomes for older foster youth. The organization trains over 3,000 professionals annually and directly supports around 2,200 at-risk youth. They receive funding from state, local, and federal sources to conduct their work improving housing, education, and health outcomes for foster and homeless youth.

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    OVERVIEW OF

    JOHN BURTON
    ADVOCATES FOR
    YOUTH PROGRAMS

    Key Developments in Foster Care


    in California
    Positive Developments

    4 out of 5 children reunify


    safely with their parents or
    are adopted
    40% reduction in number of
    foster care placements
    placements
    Extended foster care is
    having a positive impact

    Ongoing Challenges

    Older youth continue to fare


    poorly in adulthood
    Low rates of college
    completion
    High rates of poverty
    High rates of unplanned
    pregnancy

    How many children and youth are in foster care?


    62,217 in California
    427,000 in United States
    John Burton Advocates for Youth

    Key Developments in Homeless Youth


    in California
    Positive Developments

    Increased understanding
    that most youth become
    homeless due to abuse and
    neglect
    Better data about the
    number of unaccompanied
    homeless youth

    Ongoing Challenges

    No state funding and very


    little federal funding

    $12.8 billion vs. $113 million

    Issue is largely overlooked


    by HUD and state and
    federal foster care system

    How many children and youth under age 25 are homeless and unaccompanied?
    10, 412 in California
    36,907 in United States
    John Burton Advocates for Youth

    How John Burton Advocates for Youth


    Addresses These Challenges
    What we do:

    HOUSING
    EDUCATION

    HEALTH

    How we do it:
    15 state laws
    1 federal law

    3,000
    professionals
    annually

    2,200 youth
    annually

    ADVOCACY
    TRAINING
    DIRECT
    SUPPORT

    80% state
    15% county
    5% federal

    Social workers, probation


    officers, dependency
    attorneys, nonprofit service
    providers, judges, campus
    professionals, advocates
    Current and former foster
    youth and homeless youth,
    aged 13 to 26

    John Burton Advocates for Youth

    HOUSING
    ADVOCACY
    TRAINING
    DIRECT
    SUPPORT

    Expansion of foster care to age 21 nationally and in California


    $35 million expansion of housing for former foster youth

    Training to improve college outcomes for youth in transitional


    housing.
    Maintenance of statewide database to improve quality of
    transitional housing

    College retention grants to youth living in transitional housing

    John Burton Advocates for Youth

    EDUCATION
    ADVOCACY

    TRAINING
    DIRECT
    SUPPORT

    $15 million annual investment to support foster youth on 26


    community college campuses
    $3 million annual expansion for financial aid for foster youth
    Training to establish foster youth support programs on 50
    campuses, supporting 5,140 foster youth
    Development of resources to support foster youth college
    success, including college planning website, a foster youth
    educational planning guide, a training curriculum for college
    faculty.
    Text books to 1,500 foster youth annually attending college
    Financial assistance to foster youth transferring from community
    to four-year college
    John Burton Advocates for Youth

    HEALTH
    ADVOCACY

    Improved access to SSI for youth aging out of foster care


    Increased the infant supplement from $411 to $900 per month

    TRAINING

    Trained county child welfare agencies about evidence-based


    pregnancy prevention strategies
    Trained county child welfare agencies on specialized conferences
    for young parents in foster care

    DIRECT
    SUPPORT

    Pregnancy prevention training for foster youth living in group


    homes in Los Angeles

    John Burton Advocates for Youth

    Who Works at
    J0hn Burton Advocates for Youth?
    HOUSING &
    HEALTH

    EDUCATION

    Debbie
    Raucher

    Martha
    Joseph

    Deborah
    Pruitt

    Jessica
    Petrass

    Simone
    Tureck

    Cathia
    Lan

    John Burton Advocates for Youth

    Who Are Our Main Funders?


    HOUSING

    EDUCATION

    HEALTH

    Walter S. Johnson Foundation


    Pinpoint Foundation

    Stuart Foundation
    Walter S. Johnson Foundation
    The California Wellness Foundation
    Pritzker Foundation
    Conrad L. Hilton Foundation
    David B. Gold Foundation

    Conrad L. Hilton Foundation

    John Burton Advocates for Youth

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