Additional photos from meeting with HUD Secretary Ben Carson.

Additional photos from DC briefing and legislative visits.

Dates: Sunday, March 3 – Thursday, March 7, 2019

Details: In 2019, Ohio partnered with other states. Our trip included meeting with HUD Secretary Ben Carson and hosting a federal briefing on “Time to End the Foster Care to Homeless Pipeline: Solutions to Improve Outcomes.”

Trip Participants:

• Joshua Hatch, OHIO YAB
• Roman Sandhu, OHIO YAB
• Tajanae Martin, OHIO YAB
• Kierra Williams, OHIO YAB founding member
• Doris Edelmann, ACTION Ohio
• Jamole Callahan, ACTION Ohio
• Michael Outrich, ACTION Ohio
• Tatyana Rozhnova, Opportunities Knocking
• Vanessa Hernandez, California Youth Connection
• Kimberly Coronel, California Youth Connection
• Sean Hughes, iFoster
• Jill Bloch (New York), iFoster
• Justin Abbasi (North Carolina), National Foster Youth & Alumni Policy Council 

Trip Schedule: 

• Sunday, March 3: Travel to DC and evening team-building activities
• Monday, March 4: Training Day and HUD Visit
  • Morning training
  • 1:30 pm meeting with HUD Secretary Ben Carson
• Tuesday, March 5: Legislative Visits and Federal Legislative Briefing
  • 10:30 am meeting with Angelique Salizan and Shilesha Bamberg of Senator Sherrod Brown’s office
  • 11:00 am meeting with Congresswoman Joyce Beatty’s Financial Service Counsel, Scott Farnin
  • 11:00 am meeting with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CYC)
  • 11:30 am meeting with Julia Prus of Congressman Brad Wenstrup’s Office
  • Noon meeting with Megan Harrington of Senator Rob Portman’s office
  • 2:00 pm set up for briefing
  • 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, young people facilitate a federal briefing on improving housing outcomes for foster youth
• Wednesday, March 6: Meeting with HHS and the Federal Appropriations Committee
  • 1:30 pm meeting at HUD in Room 4202 with HUD Section 8, HHS, CDF and Casey Family Programs
  • 4:00 – 6:00 pm Celebratory dinner with Casey Family Programs, 1200 17th Street, Suite 410, Washington DC, DC 20036 with Nicole Dobbins and Kristi Craig
• Thursday, March 7: Sightseeing and journey home