News

Ohio House Bill 50 and the topic of extending services and supports to youth who age out of foster care are making headlines across Ohio. You can read the latest news here.

Members of the media may contact William Briscoe 715-213-2257 x3 to schedule an interview with a member of the Ohio Fostering Connections coalition, one of our supporters, or foster care alumni.

Archive of Ohio Fostering Connections Press Releases

In order of most recent:

  • HB 50 passes Ohio House: Law would create new program for youth aging out of foster care – News Watchman

  • Ohio Senate must extend foster-care age to 21: editorial – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • Cincinnati Issues with Lincoln Ware – WSTR

  •  How passing legislation that seeks to extended foster care to age 21 may impact youth – ABC Cleveland Newsnet 5

  • Foster emancipation bill passes House – Journal News

  • Rep. Smith votes to expand foster care assistance and reform State’s guardianship laws – Times Journal

  • Ohio House approves bill to extend foster-care eligibility to 21-year-olds – Columbus Dispatch

  • Support foster kids bill and save tax dollars – Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Editorial: Building a bridge for foster children – Canton Repository

  • Foster kids rising: Teens honored for overcoming the odds – Canton Repository

  • Ohio lawmakers to vote to extend foster care benefts to age 21 – WCPO

  • Aging out of foster care: Lawmaker working to change system – ABC6

  • Editorial: Support foster care extension – Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Second foster care expansion bill introduced – Journal News

  • Editorial: Create Bridge for Our Nadias – Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Finding Her Way: An Enquirer Special Report – Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Support critical for alumni of foster care – Columbus Dispatch

  • Extending Ohio’s foster care to age 21 – Dayton Daily News

  • Ohio youth aging out of foster care need more help: editorial – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • Youth aging out of foster care could finally get the help they need from Ohio legislators: editorial – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • Young, Old Would Benefit – Columbus Dispatch

  • Bill would extend foster care 3 years – Columbus Dispatch

  • Foster Care Advocates Call for Extending Resources For 3 Years – Ohio Public Radio

  • 3,000 reasons to support youth who age out of foster care: Mark Mecum, Ohio Fostering Connections – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • We should act now to help young adults on their own – Columbus Dispatch

  • Guardianship rules are vital – Columbus Dispatch

  • Foster care emancipation bill gathering momentum – Dayton Daily News

  • Ohio closer to extending foster care to age 21 – The News Outlet

  • State of Ohio to consider foster care age extension – Kentwired

  • Aging out of foster care meant trying to keep myself afloat while starting college — but Ohio has a chance to change this system – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • House Bill 50 would provide support for foster youths through age 21 – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • Don’t force kids out of foster care at 18 – Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Just Asking – TV 22 Marion

  • Young adults need support of foster care – Columbus Dispatch

  • States Tackle ‘Aging Out’ of Foster Care – Stateline

  • Fostering kids – Marietta Times

  • Assembly should OK foster care extensions – Marietta Times

  • Giving foster kids longer makes sense – Salem News

  • Extend Foster Care Assistance in Ohio – The Intelligencer

  • Ohio legislation would extend foster care age limits – News Watchman

  • Foster Kids Need Support Past 18 – Newsmax

  • Extend the age for foster care – Journal News

  • Extend foster care help in Ohio – Advertiser-Tribune

  • Boose supports legislation that would help young at-risk Ohioans – Norwalk Reflector

  • Extension of age to receive foster care assistance sought – The Daily Reporter

  • Legislature tackling expanded foster care emancipation – Journal News

  • Foster Care Age Change – Fox19

  • Shielding the vulnerable – Columbus Dispatch

  • Ohio bill would extend foster care to wards age 21 – Associated Press

  • Extending Foster Care – WOSU

  • Proposed bill would help foster kids and people with guardians – Columbus Dispatch

  • Bill to focus on foster care and guardianship systems – Marion Star

  • Family 411: Push to Extend Foster Care to Age 21 – WKRC

  • Ohio may help kids who age out of foster program – WLWT

  • 18 is Too Young to Lose Support – Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Bipartisan bill would extend Ohio’s foster care program – Akron Legal News

  • Ohio considers raising age-out deadline to 21 for foster children – WKYC

  • Foster care advocate speaks out on raising age limit – WKYC

  • Aged Out Foster Kids Need Help – WCPO

  • Child welfare advocates push measure to extend Ohio’s foster care services through age 21 – WCPO

  • Former foster teen favors local representative’s idea to extend age for agency care – Akron Beacon Journal

  • Kids want foster care support to age 21 – Columbus Dispatch

  • Editorial: Some foster kids need more time – Columbus Dispatch

  • Foster care until age 21 has backers – Columbus Dispatch

  • One man’s journey from foster care to the streets is a familiar refrain: Phillip Morris – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • A foster kid’s dilemma: When life as you know it ends at 18, then what: Phillip Morris – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • Editorial: Ohio should extend the foster-care age to 21 – Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • Editorial: Extend aid for foster care – Toledo Blade