We are currently preparing to host Three Days on the Hill 2026.
Three Days on the Hill provides foster care youth and alumni with opportunities to further their leadership development. These trips are facilitated by ACTION Ohio, in partnership with the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare.
After participating in DC-based training and preparation, participants share their expertise and insights to educate for positive change. Participants met with federal legislators and learned about our nation’s policy and legislative processes.
It is because of these annual trips for eight years in a row that Ohio foster care youth were able to write, and successfully pass, federal law. They successfully encouraged HUD to launch FYI program, and were overjoyed at the passage of the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act (FSHO).
Learn more about our previous trips:
Here is a list of DC Participants from 2013-2020.
We are deeply grateful to Ruth Anne White for being an ever-present support. The National Center for Housing and Child Welfare (NCHCW) has been a continual source of encouragement and empowerment for Ohio foster care youth and alumni throughout this process.
The structure of the trips between 2013-2020 looked like this:
- Sunday: Travel to DC and evening team-building activities
- Monday: Training Day and meeting with HUD
- Tuesday: Hill Visits
- Wednesday: Hill Visits
- Thursday: Sightseeing and journey home
fosteractionohio 