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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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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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1.4KVideosPositive + 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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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayTime to Take Close Look at Family First Act
To read the rhetoric coming from the foster care-industrial complex lately, you’d think that the private child welfare agencies that need a...
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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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1.4KFrom the FieldEarn to Learn: A Teen’s Job Is to Do Well in School
Young people commit — in writing — to a grade they will earn for each class. The better they perform, the higher...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Do We Owe Each Other?
A teenage girl on the road to high school graduation struggles to stay connected to her birth parents while coping with their...
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3.3KNewsFederal PSA Campaign and Study Aim to Increase Awareness of Youth Homelessness
A new federal campaign launches this month, alongside the release of a study that looks at the varied experiences of homeless youth...
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Guest Opinion Essay
I Choose Foster Care
I have been in foster care before, but this is the first time I chose to be. Before, I was ashamed to...
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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...
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1.1KVideosAlways 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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3.6KGuest Opinion Essay
The Jig Is Up, Child Savers: Molly McGrath Tierney Is on to You
Molly McGrath Tierney is not some bomb-throwing outsider who wouldn’t say terrible things about the child welfare system if she understood what...
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4.9KNewsWill ESSA Raise College Access, Track Graduation Rates for Foster Youth?
Before the Allegheny County Department of Human Services set up a data-sharing program back in 2009 with the Pittsburgh Public School District,...
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4.2KFrom the BureausNew York Tries New Ways to Increase Stability for Kids in Foster Care
NEW YORK — The cycle is often triggered by something simple: refusing to do homework, leaving clothes on the floor, typical kid...
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1.6KVideosWhen 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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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Caretaker Must Be Ready to Be Thoroughly Supportive of LGBT Youth
For many youth, foster care can be a safe place for care and support when the biological family does not provide appropriate...
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1.3KVideosFoster 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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10.4KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Parents Should Grieve When a Child Leaves Their Family
The comment made to me the most by those who are not foster parents is: “I could not do what you do....
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1.9KNewsHouse Bills Seek to Improve Out-of-state Foster Placements, Infant Welfare
The House just passed legislation (which also has been introduced in the Senate) that aims to reduce the amount of time it...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayPilot Program Giving Dual Status Youth the Trauma-Informed Care, Connections They Need
Cook County now has a pilot program for dual status youth. It’s an intensive wraparound program with up to 30 hours a...
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Grants
National Foster Care Quality Improvement Grants for LGBTQ Children and Youth
Subject: LGBTQ Youth, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare, Safety | Deadline: May 17, 2016
