This session brings to life the financial challenges and successes of young people aging out of foster care and transitioning to adulthood. Two participants in the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative’s Opportunity Passport^TM matched savings and financial education program will speak with researcher Clark Peters about their experiences saving and spending money and purchasing assets that have improved their access to education, employment, housing, and health. This presentation serves as the formal release of Enduring Assets: Young People Talk about Saving, Spending, and Support in the Transition from Foster Care, a qualitative study of Opportunity Passport^TM participants authored by Margaret Sherraden, PhD; Clark Peters, PhD, JD; and Ann Marie Kuchinski, MA.

 

• Samanthya Amann, Insight Youth Advisory Board of Des Moines, Iowa and a Jim Casey Young Fellow
• Eddye Vanderkwaak, Insight Youth Advisory Board of Des Moines, Iowa and a Jim Casey Young Fellow
• Clark Peters, PhD, JD (Moderator)