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About the Project
The Opening Doors Project: As a judge, lawyer or other child welfare professional do you understand the risk factors common to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth? These include high suicide rates, substance abuse, health issues, and harassment in foster care and in school. Do you know how a youth’s LGBTQ status affects permanency (including reunification, adoption, guardianship, or placement with a fit and willing relative)?
The Opening Doors Project aims to:
- Increase the legal community’s awareness of LGBTQ youth in foster care and the unique issues they face, and
- Provide the legal community with advocacy tools to successfully represent these youth
Publications
Training
Resources
These resources provide further information for advocates about LGBTQ youth. You may find them useful to give to others involved in the process (caseworkers, residential staff, parents, teachers, psychologists, colleagues) or youth themselves. This list is not exhaustive.
Research
The research phase of this project is multi-faceted and includes
Opening Doors for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care: A Guide for Lawyers
and Judges



