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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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1.6KNewsBill 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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1.8KFrom 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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1.5KOpinionFoster 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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Opinion
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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3.4KNewsHHS 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.
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1.7KNewsAging Out, Stepping Up
James Milan entered foster care at age 4. “My childhood wasn’t the greatest,” he says wryly. “I was trying to figure out...
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1.6KOpinionCommunity Programs Are Safe Haven for Foster Children
I go to the local Boys and Girls Club every Monday afternoon to pick up Amanda (children’s names have been changed) for...
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4.1KNewsFoster Care System Feels Shock Waves from Heroin Addiction
Judges, caseworkers and child welfare administrators say an increase in heroin use nationwide is linked to a surge of kids into the...
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2.5KNewsA Hole in the Safety Net Offered by the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act will cover foster youth who age out of foster care until they are 26 — unless they move...
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3.0KNewsThe Maze of Foster Care and Health Care
Laticia Aossey was bounced around foster homes for years but was not prepared to have her health insurance cut off at the...
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3.7KNewsSocial Work Education Key to Retaining Foster Care Workers, Advocates Say
Several studies have shown a link between agencies that require social work degrees and lower turnover rates.
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2.0KNewsCalifornia Lawmakers Approve Plan to Tackle Misuse of Psychiatric Meds
Legislation to curb over-reliance on psychotropic drugs in foster care could become a model for the nation
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States Reform Use of Psychiatric Meds for Youth
A New Jersey nonprofit resource center has been monitoring reforms in a number of states.
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2.4KNewsWraparound Services Surround Foster Youth, Families with Help
The wraparound model, a structured, creative and individualized team planning process, is far more accommodating to struggling foster youth than the traditional...
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1.6KOpinionFinding a New Life through Quality Residential Care
Thomas’s stay in residential care was only supposed to last a couple of days, but it proved to be the turning point...
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2.6KNewsSenators Push to Keep Kids Out of Foster Care
New bill would fund preventive services.
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2.0KOpinionMaking Health Care Access Easier for Young People Leaving Foster Care
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is creating new pathways to health care for current and former foster youth.
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3.2KNewsCalifornia Photographers Focus on Life After Foster Care in New Book
For most 18- to 23-year-olds in the United States, trying to figure out life is enough of a struggle. But for the...
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1.9KOpinionThe One Question Foster Care Workers Need to Ask Themselves
When I was in foster care, I knew very few other foster children. We had no support groups. I thought I was...
