NYTD For Youth
Introducing The National Youth In Transition Database (NYTD)
NYTD is a national survey to see how young people are doing as they transition out of the foster care system. The goal of the survey is to improve the quality of life for Virginia's youth in foster care. Get Involved, your input can make a difference for yourself and others!
What Is NYTD?
The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) is a data collection system created to track independent living services and learn how successful states are in preparing youth to move from state care into adulthood. Virginia will survey youth who are in foster care when they are age 17 and then do follow-up surveys of some youth at age 19 and the same youth again at age 21.
How Can You Get Involved ?
Take the Survey! Your input is very important to the project. In Virginia, you could be contacted soon after turning 17 and asked to answer some questions on a survey about services you’ve received. This will be done again when you turn 19 and again at age 21. Your feedback, along with foster youth from other states, will be put into a database — the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD). Your story can help improve the foster care system for thousands of young people. Need more inspiration? Listen to the U-NYTD produced by young people in California!
Important Info and Contacts
Click Here To View The Survey!