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Administration convenes foster youth roundtable to inform "Unite in Resources" executive order
Summary
Administration representatives met with current and former foster youth to gather lived experience for the "Unite in Resources" executive order; participants emphasized listening to youth and asked to be included in planning.
Agency official opened a roundtable with foster youth, saying the purpose was to listen and learn from their lived experience as the administration develops policy. The official said the 1st lady helped lead a new executive order, called "Unite in Resources," and that officials wanted the order "to be informed by the youth and your lived experiences."
The session featured several current and former foster youth describing their experiences and asking to be part of planning. "That's exactly why I'm here, to listen to you, not to talk at you," the Agency official said. A participant who identified herself as Ayesha Konate, a former foster youth, described contributing at a youth roundtable earlier that day and said peer support was important. The roundtable closed with requests that youth be included in future planning and an invitation from officials to return for the next meeting.
