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“The course is given by Youth Advocacy Center, a group of lawyers who have worked in New York’s family courts and seen too many foster kids age out into jail, homelessness and welfare. It teaches them how to fend for themselves better: how to handle a job interview; how to ask the boss for time off to deal with a personal crisis; how to get an extra credit assignment at school to compensate for a bad grade.”
-New York Times

“The informational interview and learning about long and short-term goals and how to structure myself – it helped my drive. It helped me want to do more for myself.”
-Ebony Collins, GBS graduate, Wisconsin Public Radio

"Beyond the Foster Care System: The Future for Teens, portrays the foster care system through the personal stories of the children, their advocates, lawyers and the authors themselves. Their remedy for the foster system's flaws is a theory and practice of "self-advocacy" based on principles in law and education. […] If successful, Pitcoff and Krebs's model could make the foster care years not the defining aspect of a young person's life, but the foundation for a productive future.”
-City Limits

“I think the resilience and potential of the teens motivated, and continues to motivate us, to stay at this. It can be very frustrating and disheartening. There is a lot of bureaucracy and failures in the system, bu the teens’ promise and hope for the future is very inspiring.”
-Betsy Krebs, Litchfield Enquirer

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ARticles about Youth Advocacy Center

New York Times Magazine, Letter: In Response to the 3.7.10 Issue Can Good Teaching Be Learned? By Paul Pitcoff (March 21, 2010)

Harvard Law Bulletin, Winter 2010, "Profile: Betsy Krebs '87: Teaching Kids to Advocate for Themselves" - Article featuring the GBS Seminar Youth Advocacy Center established at Harvard Law School.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 9, 2009 "Positve Role Models Are Key to Kids' Success" - Executive Director Betsy Krebs discusses the need to equip teens in foster care with self-advocacy skills so they can build successful futures.

The New York Times, April 14, 2009 "For the Young and Resourceful, Life After Foster Care" By Ann Shalof

Gazette.Net, January 28, 2009 "Getting Young People on Track to Reach for the Stars" - Article about how GBS is helping young people in Maryland set goals, network, and prepare for the future.

The Washington Post, January 22, 2009 "Goal-Setting Program Targets At-Risk Youths" - Article about GBS at Future Link in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Connect for Kids "Getting Beyond the Foster Care System: What Works for Teens" Q & A with Betsy Krebs

The New York Times, November 11, 2007 "Who's Minding the Foster Care System?" By Betsy Krebs and Paul Pitcoff

Impact, Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2007 "Youth Advocacy Center: A Model to Change the Lives of Transitioning Youth" By Marisa Policastro

Real Health "Against All Odds" By Kellee Terrell, Inteview with Youth Outreach Coordinator Kendall Franklin.

Adelphi University "Alumni Profiles in Success: Paul Pitcoff"

City Limits "Dear Guv: What to do about Workforce" By Carley Petesch

The Philadelphia Tribune "Helping Teens Get on Track" By Janae Hoffler

Pennsylvania Independent Living Project Update "YAC Helps 250 Youths Focus on Their Future"

The New York Times "Getting a Grip on Survival Skills for Fending in an Unfair World" By Michael Winerip

Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 22, 2002 "Fostering Smooth Transitions" By Elizabeth Greene

American Bar Association "Advocacy for Foster Care Teens Preparing for the Future"

Newsday "Foster Care Leaves Teens in the Lurch"

Beyond the Foster Care System Reviews

Youth Law News "Book Review - Beyond the Foster Care System: The Future for Teens" By Marisa Policastro

New York Nonprofit Press "The Foster Care System and Beyond: Self-Advocacy for Teens"

The East Hampton Star "Letters to the Editor"

The East Hampton Star "Preparing for Life After Foster Care"
By Jennifer Farbar

City Limits Magazine "Fostering Success"

National Advocate, Summer 2006
"Book Review: Beyond the Foster Care System: The Future for Teens"

Advance Praise for Beyond the Foster Care System By noted professionals

Litchfield Enquirer "Frustration, Hope are Themes of New Book"
By Dawn Caminiti

Children and Youth Funding Report

Fostering Families Today

Youth Advocacy Center on TV and Radio

WNYC The Leonard Lopate Show

101.1 JACK-FM

Texas Public Radio

WICC600 "Talk of the Town"

WABC TV, NY Viewpoint

The Mimi Geerges Show

Eldridge and Co. Show on CUNY TV

Open Society Institute Forum: Beyond the Foster Care System

Philadelphia WHYY Radio Times

San Francisco KALW 91.7 Your Call

Wisconsin Public Radio