FYI Voucher Pilot: New Opportunity to Expand Access to Housing for Former Foster Youth

The Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative makes Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) assistance available to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) in partnership with Public Child Welfare Agencies (PCWAs). This webinar, hosted by the California Department of Social Services and targeted to PHAs and PCWAs, focused on an exciting new opportunity in California to access funding that will allow counties to better leverage FYI vouchers to help solve the housing crisis for our transition age youth. PHAs and PCWAs learned how FYI vouchers can support youth exiting foster care with housing solutions and supportive services and a pilot program that will provide counties with funding for the supportive services, case management and administrative costs associated with launching and running an FYI voucher program.