Youth Today
Videos
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1.9KLost in the System: Girls, Foster Care and the Commercial Sex Trade in L.A. County
Hundreds of L.A. children are sexually exploited every year. Experts in the field say it's not surprising that 70 percent of them...
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1.3KRepresent: A Magazine for Foster Kids by Foster Kids
The nonprofit Youth Communication in Manhattan shares the voices of youth in foster care through Represent magazine, used as an educational tool...
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2.4KTeen Birth Rate Drops Dramatically, Still Huge Issue for Foster Kids
Jessica Chandler spent her teenage years in foster care in California after her parents divorced and her mother struggled with mental illness....
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1.6KYou Gotta Believe!
“Aging out is not safe. Aging out leaves kids with sort of a lifetime of potential dire outcomes and loneliness," says Susan...
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1.5KWatch What Happens When Former NYC Foster Kids Speak Truth to Power
You can hear the frustration — and need — in each of their voices as this group of young adults, who grew...
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1.3KAcademics, Former Foster Kids Talk Solutions in New York City
Researchers, academics, practitioners and current and former foster youth came together to discuss transitioning out of the foster care system and some...
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1.5KPowerful Voices of New York City’s Former Foster Youth
From loving mentors to abusive foster parents and indifferent social workers, a group of New Yorkers talk openly about surviving foster care...
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1.4KPositive + Policy
"If we can get these kids to believe, and if we can get these parents on board to believe, we can make...
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1.0KAlways a Need: Recruiting Foster Parents
"They're kids. They need a home; they need to be loved," says Catherine Harm, a social worker and prospective foster parent. Harm...
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1.6KCollaboration, Sharing Data Key to Helping Dual Status Youth, Experts Say at Symposium
DeAngelo Cortijo remembers the fear he felt as a young boy on the day his mother was lifted unconscious into an ambulance....
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1.6KWhen the Caretaker Has Nowhere to Turn
"[If] we could keep them out of foster care and just work on with what's going on with the family at home,...
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1.3KFoster Kids in the House
"You might not be able to choose what time you go to bed or what you're eating for dinner, but you can...
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4.1KNolan’s Story
"I just couldn't stop," said Nolan Eley, 25, who lived through a revolving door of getting help, relapsing and alienating loved ones...
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1.3KNaloxone and the Cop
"I immediately took my Narcan out, squirted a milligram of Narcan into her nose and within about 20 seconds [she] took this...
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1.5K‘She Never Said I Was a Bad Child’
"With all the obstacles you faced while you were in foster care, what motivates you to move forward in life?" Brittany Myers,...
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1.7KCultural Competence and LGBTQ Kids
LGBTQ youth make up 5 to 10 percent of the 10- to 18-year olds in foster care. Culturally competent foster care addresses...
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1.3KSummit Trail – Teens Transitioning from Foster Care
Summit Trail is an residential complex in Atlanta for teenagers transitioning out of foster care. Founded by the CHRIS Kids program, Summit...
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894Children’s Village Transformative Mentoring
The Children's Village in the Bronx offers mentors to teenagers who face aging out of foster care. The mentors, or "credible messengers,"...
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1.5KBAMBI Program Supports Moms and Babies in Prison
The Baby and Mother Bonding Initiative program (BAMBI) delivers tough love as it helps incarcerated mothers bond with their babies born in...
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1.2KEx-Foster Youth Turned Lawmaker Prioritizes Spending for Foster Care Reform
“Somebody might get discovered tonight! I may have a record deal for you!” joked Georgia Rep. Erica Thomas, 28, at a communal...
