Congressional Coalition On Adoption Institute

Foster youth internship (fyi) program is a competitive national internship for students and recent graduates with lived experience in foster care who are interested in federal policy and advocacy. Participants write a federal child welfare policy report and are placed in the washington, d.c. Legislative offices of members of the u.s. Congress.

The congressional resource program is ccai's primary way of providing policymakers with objective, relevant, and timely information on federal adoption and child welfare policy both domestic and international. To promote lasting improvements for children in need of permanent families, the program also creates opportunities for policymakers to engage directly with individuals who have firsthand experience with adoption, foster care, and child welfare.