Youth Thrive Alive! Forum: Concrete Supports through Direct Cash Transfer

The YouthNPower: Transforming Care Collective, which in 2023 launched the first direct cash transfer (DCT) pilot for youth transitioning from foster care, designed with young people who have lived expertise in the child welfare system. During this webinar, the panel shared: an introduction to the intergenerational YouthNPower collective and its approach combining research, advocacy, and organizing; information about the Direct Cash Transfer pilot design; and preliminary findings of the pilot’s Participatory Action Research.