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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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Grants
Community-Based Child Healthcare Program Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Healthcare Access, Community Development | Deadline: Aug. 2, 2016
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Grants
Childhood Bereavement Services Organization Capacity Building Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Mental Health, Childhood Trauma | Deadline: July 11, 2016
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1.9KVideosLost 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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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayTime to End State-sanctioned Assaults on Our Schoolchildren
When I arrived in North Carolina more than a decade ago to teach and practice law, it was a bit of a...
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8.3KGuest Opinion EssayConsidering a Research-Informed Theoretical Framework for Trauma-Informed Approaches
Trauma-informed self-sufficiency programs are in their infancy in assessing how, where and when to address trauma among their clients. But new frameworks...
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1.3KVideosRepresent: 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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Grants
Community Development and Revitalization Program Implementation Grants
Subject: Community Development, Child/Youth Welfare, Safety, Education | Deadline: June 28, 2016
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2.4KNewsTeen 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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1.6KVideosYou 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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5.5KNewsKeeping Adolescents Engaged: What Can After-School Programs Do?
Chicago high school students practice glassblowing in their out-of-school time program. Working with fire, creating their own designs out of molten glass...
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1.5KVideosWatch 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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1.3KVideosAcademics, 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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► Reports
A Shared Sentence – The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, Families and Communities
This new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation details the effects over-incarceration of adults has on on our nation's youth and...
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Grants
Grants for Expanding Service for Children, Youth, and Abused Parents Impacted by Domestic Violence
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Domestic Violence, Safety | Deadline: June 27, 2016
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1.5KVideosPowerful 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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Grants
Youth Running Program Grants
Subject: Health, Physical Activity, Child Welfare, Youth Development | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2016
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayWho Will I Be As an Adult?
In all those years I was bounced around, I didn’t know where I belonged or what would happen when I aged out...
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1.5KNewsDOJ Seeks to Improve Victim Services in Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation
WASHINGTON — The federal government wants to develop better ways to ensure children who are victims of sexual exploitation get the care...
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Guest Opinion Essay
The Impact of Food Insecurity on Child Well-Being
The implications of food insecurity on child development and school performance are striking. Innovative efforts like backpack programs, in collaboration with large-scale...
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayLearning What Family Is at Age 16
It’s no Disney show, but after more than 16 placements, Selena reflects on how stability and safety in a foster home help...
