Selfless Love Foundation Declares October as Foster Youth Voice Month

JUPITER, FL – September 14, 2022 – Every voice matters. Using your voice effectively is a powerful tool to affect change. That’s why Selfless Love Foundation is declaring October as Foster Youth Voice Month. Through impactful stories from young people who have been in the child welfare system, the national campaign will help to change the lives of foster children now and in the future.

Selfless Love Foundation’s foster youth initiative, One Voice Impact (OVI), which provides opportunities for young people to work alongside leaders to improve the child welfare system, has successfully advocated for research to improve independent living services and developed a network of youth councils in Florida. For Foster Youth Voice Month, Selfless Love Foundation will collaborate with youth councils in 35 states, including Texas, California, New York, and Massachusetts.

“Youth voices are the key to transforming the child welfare system. These young people have been in the system and know first-hand what policies work and what does not,” said Dr. Elizabeth

Wynter, Executive Director of Selfless Love Foundation. “Listening to their voices benefits child welfare agencies and decision makers as they work to improve our children’s lives.”

Selfless Love Foundation has tapped Lynn Johnson, the former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, as the National Ambassador for Foster Youth Voice Month. “By working together, we can change the world for children in foster care. We are appealing to local, state, and national leaders to issue proclamations declaring October as Foster Youth Voice Month,” Johnson said.

During the campaign, Selfless Love Foundation will promote youth speakers, feature blogs by former foster youth, and encourage the public to support youth councils and provide leadership and life skills training for former foster youth. October is Foster Youth Voice Month. It’s time to listen! To learn more about Selfless Love Foundation, or to support Foster Youth Voice Month, please visit selflesslovefoundation.org.

Selfless Love Foundation

Selfless Love Foundation (SLF) is a non-profit organization that leverages resources, expertise, and proven solutions to improve the child welfare system, creating opportunities for more foster youth to find their forever families and thrive in adulthood. SLF leads collaborative initiatives designed to transform the child welfare system for children in foster care today and for generations to come.