As of October 2022, over 53,000 children and youth are in foster care in California, including approximately 13,000 youth between the ages of 16 and 21. The State has an obligation to offer services and supports to help these young people transition into adulthood. The Independent Living Program (ILP) helps transition age youth currently or formerly in foster care move forward on a path to successful adulthood by providing services and supports in the areas of education, employment, financial and independent living skills, and housing assistance. In this report, the authors highlight recent data on education, housing, and employment outcomes for transition age youth with foster care experience that demonstrate the barriers these youth face in the transition to adulthood. The authors draw on input from about 175 transition age youth who have participated in ILP in California to identify ongoing challenges that young people face to engage in ILP and build self-sufficiency. The authors highlight examples of services and supports being offered by California county ILPs. Finally, the authors provide policy and program recommendations informed by the perspectives of youth whom they surveyed to help improve and expand ILP and make it a better resource for transition age youth with foster care experience. [Additional support with writing, research, data analysis, and policy analysis of this brief was provided by Alex Matias, Nima Rahni, and Ted Lempert.]