It’s also difficult for foster youth to graduate high school and prepare for adulthood when they are forced to move frequently with little warning or support. Even under such difficult circumstances, some foster youth attend college and find scholarships to fund their educations. Jackie Robles, an 18-year-old freshman at Cal State University, Long Beach, managed to graduate high school on time and apply to 13 colleges, even though she was transferred to several housing placements after leaving her grandma’s care at age 16. jordan 13 gray If the council is created, the group hopes to use online ballots to elect 24 high school students — two from each congressional district — to one-year terms. There would be a two-term limit, which organizers say would ensure fairness, representation, and participation. The council would meet four times a year to write policy recommendations for the governor and the New Jersey legislature, and organizers hope that during the months between those sessions, members would be meeting with their local representatives to drum up support and talking to their peers about what they'd like to see the council recommend in the future. jordan 13 gray James Wellemeyer, a 17-year-old rising high school senior, got the idea after the 2016 election to reach out to other New Jersey students who'd been involved in political endeavors to see if they wanted to help form a youth council on a state level. Initially, he reached out to people he'd known from earlier involvement in a movement that was trying to establish a presidential youth council, but it wasn't completed by the end of former president Barack Obama's term. Upon realizing that the current administration would likely not enact a national youth council, the idea of a more-localized council took shape, and James's initiative has grown to include more than 80 students. jordan 13 gray James says he's been in contact with Republican and Democratic gubernatorial campaigns as well. jordan 13 gray
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