Bay Area Legal Services Launches FosterPower, Free App To Help Florida Foster Youth Access Information About Their Rights

Bay Area Legal Services, a non-profit law firm, launched FosterPower, a free comprehensive app and website designed to help Florida’s foster youth access vital information to their benefits, protections, and legal rights. FosterPower aims to empower youth at one of the most stressful times in their lives by providing them with information in a more streamlined and accessible fashion than ever before. There are over 20,000 children in Florida’s child welfare system.

The platform categorizes digestible information based on a menu of common topics – e.g. independent living benefits, medical health, education, the court process, placement . . .