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LGBTQ+ Affirming Care for Foster Youth
Mon, Jul 27
|Virtual Training
Rainbow Foster Home Initiative will share information about research and outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth who experience foster care and how affirming care can impact those outcomes.
Time & Location
Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Virtual Training
Guests
About the event
Wellbeing Among LGBTQ+ Foster Youth
The first half of the training will review peer-reviewed research that discusses the increased mental health challenges, substance use, homelessness, and placement instability that LGBTQ+ foster youth. Specifically, compared to their non-LGBTQ+ peers, LGBTQ+ foster youth are:
Placed in more foster homes (Schaub, et al., 2022)
More likely to age out of care (Rodriguez, et al., 2024)
6.5 times more likely to experience homelessness (Rodriguez, et al., 2024)
3-5 times more likely to satisfy the diagnostic criteria of depression (Dettlaf, et al., 2018)