All young people should have opportunities to be engaged in directing their own life and to be engaged in the community around them

In order to provide young people in and transitioning from foster care opportunities to be listened to, to be informed, to be respected, and to exert control over one's life, we should:

• require that young people lead the development of their case planning, including permanency planning and transition planning that addresses education and employment goals, and is finalized during the 90-day period immediately prior to leaving care
• provide young people opportunities for leadership and community involvement, including opportunities for advising systems partners on policy and practice
• implement NYTD+ to find out from young people how they are doing after leaving foster care so that policy and practice can be improved
• collect and analyze outcome and administrative data to identify racial disproportionality and act to assure that services provided are racially and ethnically equitable; free of bias and are provided by culturally competent staff