Foster Advocates

06/13/2026

📢 SHARE THIS FAR AND WIDE: someone you know needs to see this TODAY. ⏰ SUNDAY (6/14) is the LAST DAY to apply for the Statewide Foster Advisory Council.

If you're 18–30 with lived experience in foster care and living in Minnesota — this was built for you.

Council members will review early findings from a statewide services scan, flag gaps, and help shape real recommendations so the results reflect what young people in foster care actually experience.

✅ Fully virtual
✅ Only ~10–15 hours total
✅ Stipends provided

Apply by SUNDAY, June 14th 👉 bit.ly/yourvoiceFAC

Your Voice. Your Experience. Stronger Together. 💙

06/12/2026

06/12/2026

We’re still buzzing from last night. Minnesota Promise at One was everything we hoped it would be and then some.

A room full of Foster leaders, family, community partners, and friends, Bold Ideas flying around the tables, Foster Leader Awards that had us all a little misty, and so many of you inviting someone new into this movement.

To everyone who came, who volunteered, who donated, who showed up for our Minnesota Foster Movement community, thank you.

We mean it. Foster Advocates does not work without our village, and last night you reminded us how big and how mighty that village is.

One year of the Promise in motion. Many more to go. Keep sharing the Bold Ideas. Keep inviting your people. We will see you out there moving closer to keeping that promise.

06/08/2026

3 days away. This one matters. One year ago, Fosters across Minnesota came together to name a different future. On Thursday, we gather to see how far that vision has come.

Join us for The Minnesota Promise at One Year: What We've Built, Where We're Going.

Thursday, June 11 | 4 to 6 PM
The Commons at Grace-Trinity Church | 1430 W 28th St, Minneapolis (Uptown)
Free. Free parking. ADA accessible. Children welcome.

RSVP at mnpat1.eventbrite.com

VOLUNTEERS WELCOME: We are looking for volunteers for June 11th! Help us celebrate one year of the Minnesota Promise in Minneapolis. Grab a shift, attend a quick Zoom orientation, and show up well. bit.ly/volunteerMNP

06/02/2026

For the second year, Minnesota lawmakers have failed to pass legislation that would have enshrined dozens of rights for the state’s foster youth.

Click the link to read more. Reporting by Hana Ikramuddin.

🔗 https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/minnesota-foster-youth-bill-of-rights-stalls-in-legislature/274814

06/02/2026

Tomorrow morning, tune in to MPR News! Our Executive Director Osahon Akpata-Tanious will be joining host Angela Davis and Nikki Farago from the Children's Law Center of Minnesota at 9:00 a.m. to talk about what Fosters in Minnesota truly need to be safe, stable, and supported.

Share this post so more people can tune in and join the conversation!

05/31/2026

Day 31 of 31 | | MNPat1.eventbrite.com 💙

One year ago, Fosters across Minnesota came together to name a different future.

Since then, that vision has begun to take shape in real ways — with policy advancing, partnerships deepening, and a growing community stepping forward to move the Minnesota Promise into action.

Join Foster Advocates for The Minnesota Promise at One Year: What We’ve Built, Where We’re Going.

📅 Thursday, June 11 | 4–6 PM
📍 The Commons at Grace-Trinity Church, 1430 W 28th St, Minneapolis (Uptown)
🅿️ Free parking across the street | ♿ ADA accessible | 👶 Children welcome

This will be a room full of the people shaping what comes next — Fosters, community leaders, partners, and legislators — reflecting on progress and looking ahead.

There is real momentum behind this work. This is your moment to feel it, understand it, and be part of what comes next.

👉 RSVP at the link in bio! link.tree/fosteradvocates