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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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1.5KVideos‘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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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayOrphanages Were a Safe Refuge for Many Children
Orphanages are not cruel institutions as so many people think. It is a home where children have opportunities to be loved and...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Getting Myself Back: Living in Foster Care with People Who Let Me Be a Child
The last fight between my mother and stepfather was severe enough to get them both arrested. With nowhere else to go, we...
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1.3KVideosSummit 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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1.2KVideosEx-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...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayTouring the Hellscape of Texas Foster Care
Twenty years ago, when the foster care system in Illinois was at its worst, with 50,000 children trapped in foster care, an...
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3.8KNewsGiving Foster Youth a Chance at College
Summer residency program and year-round support helps high school kids from unstable homes achieve college success.
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayFederal Education Law Delivers Vital Protections for Foster Youth
Children involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems face countless barriers to educational success. Our historic failure to address these...
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2.5KYouth VoicesNo Such Thing As a Perfect Family
Once I entered the foster care system, I was no longer this happy little girl who hid all of her secrets. I...
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow Grief Goes Unnoticed in Foster Children — and the Underlying Trauma It Can Cause
I have attended several funerals during my lifetime. At one, when I was still in high school, I remember watching the mother...
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3.1KNewsWhy Are LA’s Foster Kids More Likely to Be Charged With Crimes?
Social workers “look at the delinquency system as having the power to control these [foster] kids. And the control is they get...
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2.8KNewsCollege Bound
Policy and programs can remove obstacles to college for youth experiencing homelessness and foster care
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1.8KNewsWounded Teen Activist Returns to City Where He Was Shot
Semaj Clark is a determined young man. The Los Angeles teenager’s steadfastness helped him emerge from a childhood punctuated by a string...
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908Guest Opinion EssayFoster Care System Repeatedly Let Them Down, But They Survived
My favorite memory from this past holiday season has to be Thanksgiving dinner with two of my former foster kids. They spent...
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1.5KNewsBill Would Give Former Foster Youth Early Access to Tax Credit
WASHINGTON — A proposed bill aims to give former foster youth a financial boost as they transition into adulthood.
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1.7KFrom the BureausHead of LA’s New Office of Child Protection Sees Big Challenge With No Specific Authority
Michael Nash’s 30-year career as a jurist has mostly been focused on trying to make life better for Los Angeles County’s children....
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1.5KGuest Opinion Essay
Foster Mom Reflects on Family Unification, Separation
My daughter called yesterday with some exciting news. She has decided to go back to school to be a social worker. I...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Attention Child Savers: Your Double Standards Are Showing
A horrific act of child abuse can be exploited as easily as a horrific act of terrorism. And when a child known...
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3.2KNewsHHS Should Do More to Reduce Group Care in States for Foster Kids, GAO Says
The federal Health and Human Services Department should do more to reduce states’ reliance on group homes or institutions for youth in...
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1.4KNewsVideo: Aging Out, Stepping Up
Senior counselor James Milan, Claremont Neighborhood Center, Bronx, N.Y.
