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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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3.6KGuest Opinion EssayHousing Help Can Be a Child Welfare Intervention
Imagine being a parent who, despite your best efforts, cannot afford safe and adequate housing. Imagine that because of low earning power,...
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1.3KGrantsOklahoma Foster Care Family Transportation Improvement Program Grant
Subject: Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare, Safety, Family Support | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2018 | Amount: Up to $1,000,000
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19.7KGuest Opinion EssayCAPTA Law Codifies Everything Wrong With How We ‘Fight’ Child Abuse
Elizabeth Eden chose the wrong morning to eat a poppy seed bagel for breakfast. Then she chose the wrong hospital to give...
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2.8K► NewsmakersSandra Gasca-Gonzalez is New VP of the Center for Systems Innovation at the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez has been appointed vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s (AECF) Center for Systems Innovation.
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayNetwork Model of Emotional Peer Support Groups Eases Stress for Foster Parents, Staff
Here at Graham Windham, a youth development and family organization located in New York City, we rely heavily on data and ways...
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52.7KGuest Opinion EssayWhy It’s So Easy to Troll Someone With Anonymous Child Abuse Report
When she first learned that journalist and Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King and his family were being harassed by a troll...
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4.4KGuest Opinion EssayParents Need to Go Into Foster Care, Not the Children
It’s no secret the foster care system is completely broken. Yet, there is a way to fix it.
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8.1KGuest Opinion EssayTampa Child Welfare Puts Too Many Kids in Foster Care Due to Media Fear, State Report Says
Responding to revelations by Tampa, Florida television station WFLA-TV, revelations that included foster children forced to spend their days, and sometimes nights,...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayLos Angeles Meeting Foster Care Challenges With Simulation Labs, More Social Workers, Mentoring
I know from experience the precarious start so many of the children in the foster care system face. I myself was living...
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3.7KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Kids Need Consistent, Caring Adult — a Full-time Mentor
Imagine if we could give every child in foster care a consistent, caring adult who walked alongside them for 12½ years, no...
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5.8KGuest Opinion EssayChild Welfare Policy Around Opioids Driven By Ignorance and Arrogance
At first glance, a “research brief” issued in March by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerning opioids and child...
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6.5KNewsEvery State’s Extended Foster Care Policies Now Available in New Database
The Juvenile Law Center released a new tool today that could help policymakers and advocates better understand and serve older youth —...
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5.0KFrom the BureausLA Foster Families Suffer As Stipends Are Delayed By Bottleneck in Foster Reform
Destiny Adams was driving on Balboa Boulevard, on the way to visit her two younger sisters, when she got the call.
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayBig Picture Learning Could Help Disrupt the Foster-care-to-prison Pipeline
Humans of Restorative Justice (HORJ) stories highlight the incredible individuals working to build and restore strong relationships in their communities. They are...
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1.4KGrantsChild Welfare System Improvement Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Adoption, Foster Care | Deadline: July 18, 2018 | Amount: $1,000,000 - $1,610,000
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayMentoring Programs Need to Experiment With What Works Best for Foster Youth
If you work with youth in foster care, you know that every child is unique with specific needs, strengths and opportunities. It...
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayLet’s Make College Smoother for Students From Foster Care
Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their...
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4.1KGuest Opinion EssayPaths to Success for Young Parents in Foster Care
Research has shown that adolescent parenthood is far more common among young people in foster care than among their peers in the...
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3.5KNewsAdvocates Express Concern, Hope about Revolutionary Changes to Foster Care System
Recently passed federal legislation is revolutionary in its approach to reorganizing the nation’s foster care system, reform advocates agree, but some are...
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6.0KNewsPowerful Stories Written by Young People Offer Healing Insights, Guide Youth Workers
Desiree Moore, 28, was taken from her home by the Administration for Children’s Services in New York City when she was 17...
