Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) Foster Youth Internship Program 2027 – YOA

Deadline: November 1, 2026

Applications are open for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) Foster Youth Internship Program 2027. The CCAI Foster Youth Internship (FYI) Program is a aggressive nationwide internship for college kids and up to date graduates with lived expertise in foster care who’re serious about federal coverage and advocacy. Participants write a federal child welfare coverage report and are positioned within the Washington, D.C. legislative workplaces of Members of the U.S. Congress.

The Foster Youth Internship (FYI) Program started in 2003 as an effort to boost consciousness to federal policymakers in regards to the wants and distinctive views of people who’ve skilled the U.S. foster care system. CCAI works with congressional workplaces to safe a congressional internship for every participant. In addition, CCAI organizes an orientation, advocacy trainings, networking, and varied different skilled growth alternatives. These mixed experiences permit the contributors to create a coverage report that’s introduced to U.S. Congress, Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, and launched to policymakers and advocates throughout the nation.

As a results of this system, federal policymakers be taught firsthand the experiences of youth in foster care and go on to make use of their new data to encourage legislative change to federal child welfare coverage. Participants profit each personally and professionally, gaining expertise and expertise that can bolster their careers for years to come back.

Benefits

• CCAI supplies a month-to-month stipend throughout the distant preparatory onboarding (February 1 – May 28) and weekly stipend whereas in Washington, D.C. (May 31 – July 23), and covers main bills, comparable to housing in Washington, D.C., transportation to/from Washington, D.C., and public transportation to/from the congressional workplace internship. Participants are answerable for some smaller bills. Interns are required to dwell in dormitory-type housing assigned by CCAI in the course of this system and to stick to the steering and laws of this system.

Eligibility

• Open to college students and up to date graduates with lived expertise in foster care who’re serious about federal coverage and advocacy.
• The candidate MUST be obtainable for the whole thing of this system to qualify.

Application

The 2027 Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI) application consists of two components. Part one (1) of the application is on the market by way of on-line kind and might be accepted till November 1, 2026.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to CCAI Foster Youth Internship.