The Aster Project was developed in response to an urgent insurance crisis threatening services to foster youth across the State of California. In short, the Nonprofit Insurance Alliance (NIAC), which provides liability insurance to most of California’s FFAs, is no longer renewing policies. Without insurance, these agencies cannot operate, and the potential closure of FFAs could have devastating consequences. The Aster Project is designed to understand the impacts of the crisis in the rural North State and to develop sustainable, research-driven solutions to this and other significant systemic barriers impacting provision of child welfare and behavioral health services to youth in foster care