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Pennsylvania is currently considering legislation that will improve the chances of higher education success for students who are or were in the foster care system
To make a successful transition to adulthood, all children need a safe environment, connections to family and supportive adults, and opportunities to gain skills related
Learn how youth in foster care in Pennsylvania can pay for college.
Pennsylvania is currently considering legislation that will improve the chances of higher education success for students who are or were in the foster care system
A strip search is a “search that requires a person to remove or arrange some clothing so as to permit a visual inspection of the person’s breasts, buttocks, or genitalia.” Strip searches may also involve “inspections of the scalp, ears, hands, feet, mouth, and nose.” Depending on state law, a strip search can be visual, physical, or a combination of both and may also involve a body cavity search. The best policy is to eliminate strip searches of youth for any circumstance, as is the policy for adjudicated youth in Missouri.

Youth in the child welfare system have health and behavioral health needs that are often greater than youth in the general population. These higher health