2026 Ohio Outreach to Federal Legislators:

Ohio foster care youth and alumni are excited to be able to talk with federal decision-makers about:

– Supports for current and former foster youth: including Chafee funds, ETV, and how they support pathways to education, employment, and economic self-sufficiency.

– Barriers faced by current and former foster youth, including driver’s license and education barriers, and how they undermine pathways to education, employment and economic self-sufficiency.

Issue-Based One-Pagers:

1.) Chafee
2.) ETV
3.) K-12 Supports

ACTION Ohio believes that it is vitally important for decision-makers to hear directly from young people in and from foster care. As former foster youth ourselves, we have been elevating the voices of today’s foster care youth and young adults since 2006.

We are honored to partner in this work with Journey to Success, a multi-state campaign focused on engaging and educating federal policymakers about what’s working and not working to support successful outcomes for youth in foster care.