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cjrl-9929	Hopkins, Marcía ; Finck, Kara; Andino, Alexis; Christopher, British; Price, Duane; Simpson, Anthony; Watson, Ishale	Youth and Families Matter: Reconstructing the System One Youth at a Time from the Expertise of Youth Advocates	2022	18	.pdf	application/pdf	8873	350	47	The program aims to incorporate youth experience and expertise in systemic reform at the local, state, and national levels which can result in targeted policies that effectively respond to the needs of youth.8 The program utilizes the strategic story sharing model created by Casey Family Programs and Foster Care Alumni of America, which focuses on challenging the narratives surrounding the experiences of children and youth in child welfare system and specifically older youth currently or formerly in foster care. Tasked with the project of meeting and discussing their experiences in the child welfare system as children and their perspectives on reforming the system, the group of youth advocates described a child welfare system that failed them as children, adolescents, and now young adults.	cache/cjrl-9929.pdf	txt/cjrl-9929.txt