You have to learn to stand up for yourself. You have to learn to care for yourself. You learn to have a lot of strength for yourself. I knew I had to prepare myself for emancipation. I had to stop being a child.”
– Aisha Cooper, 18, an emancipated foster youth who is participating in “Money Matters,” a new program supported by United Way of the Bay Area that teaches foster youth how to better manage their finances.
From the Times-Herald article, “Learning self-reliance: Emancipated foster youth share success stories in Fairfield.”
