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Cody Van Felden remembers feeling something special in 2019 when she first participated in Blueprint, a semi-annual conference organized by John Burton Advocates for Youth...

There is big news at John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY): Amy Lemley is leaving, after 18 years with the organization. Amy started at JBAY...

May is graduation season and here at John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY), we are delighted to share the good news about four JBAY Youth...

When former foster youth Erin Clews learned that she was not meeting “Satisfactory Academic Progress,” she had no idea what it meant, how she could...

“The first 18 years of my life tested my resiliency: I was adopted at age 4, experienced 13 years of emotional abuse and was homeless...

Courage. It’s a noun, but in the case of Roesella Wilhem it should also be a verb. Rose is a youth advocate at John Burton...

“If you build it, they will come.”  This a quote from the 1989 classic film “Field of Dreams,” as well as a powerful statement about...

It’s  April and for John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY), that means budget season. JBAY continues its fight to protect two critical housing programs for...

After Esmeralda Nuno Mora’s father was deported, her mother was left to raise two small children. Esme’s situation worsened at age 14 when her mother...