San Francisco ILSP improves lives of current and former foster youth with promising new model and provider First Place for Youth but some dislike the change
Claudia Mendez spent many of her high school days fighting her mom in a court room. At age 16, San Francisco placed Claudia into a foster home. Even in a bad situation, Claudia realized that she was able to advocate for herself. She found her way to San Francisco’s Independent Living Skill Program (ILSP) on Valencia street, where she took advantage of the program’s college-prep, scholarship support, and college fair. And now in her twenties, Claudia is about to graduate from college—a feat that only between 3 and 11% of the nation’s former foster youth achieve—with the help from San Francisco Read more
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