These questions and answers are your rights, explained in a way that makes them easier to understand than when they are in legal language. They are organized into topics or areas, so you will be able to find answers to the questions that are on your mind.
You can find all 41 of your rights in legal language here .
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Am I allowed to email, text, or use social media? Are the rights included on this website my only rights? Can anyone else see my court paperwork? Can I ask for a Child & Family Team meeting? Can I attend religious services and activities? Can I be treated differently because of my sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression? Can I choose my doctor/dentist/counselor? Can I choose where I go to get sexual and reproductive health care? Can I contact or visit my friends or other people who are not in foster care? Can I decide who goes to my court hearings? Can I dress, style my hair. and use products that match my gender identity and expression? Can I get a drivers license? Can I get a job? Can I get birth control or other types of protection? Can I get information about sexual and reproductive health care? Can I get medical treatment to prevent, or treat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or HIV? Can I get tested or treated for a sexually transmitted infection without permission? Can I have a say in making decisions about my medical treatment and services? Can I have contact with my tribe and tribal members? Can I have LGBTQ+ friends and mentors? Can I have my own cell phone? Can I keep information about my sexual orientation and gender identity and expression private? Can I keep my medical and mental health records private? Can I keep my sexual and reproductive health records private? Can I live with my relatives? Can I make phone calls or have other people call me? Can I open a bank account? Can I participate in extracurricular or social activities? Can I participate in extracurricular, enrichment, spiritual,
and social activities for LGBTQ+ youth? Can I refuse to take medications? Can I request that my caregiver, social worker/probation officer, and other people in my home call me by my preferred name and gender pronoun? Can I still get Medi-Cal (insurance) if I leave foster care when I turn 18? Can I talk to my doctor about my treatment? Can I talk to the judge at court? Can I use computers and the Internet? Can I visit my parents, grandparents, and other relatives when I am in foster care? Can I visit with my siblings if we’re not living together? Can I write letters to anyone? Can my caregiver hurt me? Can my caregiver listen to my phone calls? Can my caregiver lock me in a room? Can my caregiver search my room or my belongings? Can my lawyer tell others what I tell them? Can someone from my tribe be at court? Do I get a copy of my case plan? Do I get an allowance while in foster care? Do I get to help create my case plan and can it include things to support my sexual orientation, gender identity and expression? Do I get to help create my case plan? Do I have a right to go to school? Do I have a right to see a doctor, dentist, and counselor? Do I have priority enrollment in school because I am in foster care? Do I have the right to a lawyer? Do I have the right to get court or foster care records about me? Do I have the right to get health care that supports my gender identity? Do I have the right to live in a home that respects my sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression? Do I have the right to see a doctor or counselor that supports and understands my sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression? Do I have to change schools if my placement changes? Do I have to get permission if I want to get treatment for a drug or alcohol problem? Do my caregivers, social worker/probation officer, and
attorney have to get special training to understand my
sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression? How can I contact my social worker/probation officer and lawyer? How do I know when there is a court hearing, and can I go to court? How often will I meet with my social worker/probation officer? How should I be treated where I am living? How will I get to my doctor appointments? If I am an Indian youth, are my tribal relations protected in my case plan? If I change schools during the school year, what happens to the credits I earned from my last school? If I need major treatment, like surgery, can I ask another doctor for their opinion? If you think your rights have been violated… What are my options for education after high school? What are my rights regarding services if I am sexually assaulted? What are some of the most important things that a lawyer can do for foster youth? What are some other ways that lawyers can support foster youth? What do I do if I do not like the way a medication is making me feel? What does my lawyer do? What happens at court? What happens if I have to change schools? What happens if I turn 18 in foster care? What if changes are made to my case plan? What if I am pregnant? What are my options? What if I do not want to take psychotropic medications? What if I don’t think my lawyer is doing their job to represent me? What if I feel I am being treated unfairly because of something about me? What if I get upset in my foster home? What if I need help with school? What if I want to see my family more often or change the visitation plan? What if I want to stop taking psychotropic drugs? What if my caregiver abuses or neglects me? What is a case plan? What is a court report, and can I get a copy of it? What is a credit score? What is my Child & Family Team? What is my Tribe’s role in my case plan? What is one thing that you wish more foster youth knew about using their lawyer? What is the Independent Living Program (ILP), and can I participate? What should I do at my CFT meetings? When do Child & Family Team (CTF) meetings happen? Where will I live if I am a tribal member or eligible for tribal membership? Where will I live? Who can I contact if I think my rights are being violated? Who can I talk to about any medical diagnosis and the treatment, medicine, or services that I need? Who can make educational decisions for me? Who is part of my Child & Family Team? Who is responsible for talking to me about my rights? Who to Call About My Rights
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