HEALTHY (Health Education Adolescent Leadership Training to Help Youth) Leaders

This project will measure baseline stress among a group of youth in foster and kinship care. The investigators will implement a pilot program to target stress reduction by using an evidence-based group therapy technique teaching mindfulness skills. The investigators hypothesize that the mindfulness skills will help youth to reduce stress, which will be measured using psychological and physiological techniques.

Inclusion Criteria:

• ages 14-21 years at time of intervention being offered, offered to youth in out of home care (e.g. foster and kinship care)

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe developmental delay
• non English speaking, not in age range