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UM-Flint's Foster Youth Support Program Receives National Recognition
Mary Jo Sekelsky, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, and Lori Vedder, director of the Office of Financial Aid, were featured panelists at a recent Washington D.C. event held by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), a national non-profit that focuses on issues affecting youth.
UM-Flint Reaching Out to "Community Champions" to Help Meet Needs of Foster Youth
Community leaders and local, state, and federal lawmakers are being invited to a special luncheon at the University of Michigan-Flint on Monday, March 10 focusing on foster care support in the state, such as UM-Flint's Mpowering My Success program. That program is a state-funded initiative designed to help foster youth who are aging out of care make a successful transition to college.