Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) was named one of eight winners for its strategies to support aged-out foster youth. On Thursday, Aging Out Institute (AOI) announced FYI was one of eight recipients to be awarded for its influence and support of foster youth and aged-out foster participants, according to a statement from AOI Executive Director Lynn Tonini. “Winning an AOI National ...

Santa Clarita nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence (FYI) is celebrating its five year anniversary this year.  “Looking through photos taken over the past 5 years, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who made FYI the life-changing community it is today,” said Carolyn Olsen, executive director and co-founder.  FYI started at the beginning of 2017 with the question of how to ...

Local Stevenson Ranch resident and Girl Scout Riley Blaugrund recently earned the Gold Award through her project that services foster children in Los Angeles County.  Blaugrund is a senior at West Ranch and has been with the Girl Scouts for 13 years. For her Girl Scout Gold Award, she focused on the experiences of foster children in her community.  In ...

With May being National Foster Parent Appreciation Month, the Children’s Bureau announced Tuesday an online orientation for those wanting to foster a child, officials said.    The Children’s Bureau is now offering an online foster-adoption orientation for individuals or couples who are interested in helping children in foster care while reunifying with birth families or to provide legal permanency by adoption, ...

Childern’s Bureau officials scheduled an informational meeting next Saturday for prospective Resource Parents at College of the Canyons  Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Children’s Bureau, a nonprofit organization for the prevention and of child abuse and neglect, is holding their monthly information meeting Saturday, June 24 from 10 a.m. to ...