Fostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers for LGBTQ+ Youth in Care.

Type
Policy Report
Year published
2020
Title

Fostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers for LGBTQ+ Youth in Care.

Organization

Children's Rights Works

Abstract

This report was developed with extensive input from LGBTQ+ young people currently or formerly in foster care, LGBTQ+ young people currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, and direct service workers. We identify how the pandemic is amplifying some of the risks for LGBTQ+ youth in child welfare systems and propose practices to mitigate them. Now, more than ever, LGBTQ+ young people must be protected.