Youth Videos
View videos of youth describing their experiences in foster care, defining what family and permanency mean to them, and telling stories from their own lives.
Digital Stories From the Field
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
Includes stories that represent the voices of youth who spent time in foster care. Their stories give their
perspectives on youth permanency, placement stability, educational support, and other issues.
I Am Here. Don't Forget Me.
Foster Care Alumni of America (FCAA)
Presents a video brochure for FCAA in which youth describe their experiences in foster care and
involvement with FCAA.
In Their Own Voices: Searching for
Lifelong Family Connections
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Lists several videos of youth, birth parents, foster parents, and workers talking about finding and
connecting to family members.
The One Day Project
National Adoption Day Coalition
Offers videos of people talking about National Adoption Day and its impact on children and teens
awaiting adoption from foster care.
Summit for
Youth Permanency
Nebraska Children (2011)
Offers a video in which teens talk about what family and permanency mean to them.
Youth Participation in
Planning: Why It Matters
Research and Training Center at Portland State University
Offers a video in which youth describe, in their own words and with stories from their own lives,
what it feels like not to have any say in the plans that are made for their treatment, care, education, and future.