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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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1.6KNewsAging 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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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayCommunity 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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4.0KNewsFoster 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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2.4KNewsA 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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2.9KNewsThe 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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3.5KNewsSocial 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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1.9KNewsCalifornia 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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2.3KNewsWraparound 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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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayFinding 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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2.5KNewsSenators Push to Keep Kids Out of Foster Care
New bill would fund preventive services.
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayMaking 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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3.0KNewsCalifornia 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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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayThe 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...
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1.6KNewsLegislation Would Keep Foster Kids From Having to Change Schools
The traumatic changes children in foster care face often include disrupted schooling. They may have to change schools when they first enter...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayWe Know How to Help Foster Kids Despite Past Trauma
We may be keeping children safe from physical harm, but are we paying attention to the impact on their brains, their mental...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayI Chose the Wrong Mom
Now, things have gone bad with my birth mom again. She’s off drugs, but she still screams abuse at me and dates...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Interventions Are Critical for Foster Children in Generation K?
Economist and author Noreena Hertz created the name from that generation’s “Hunger Games” icon, Katniss Everdeen, after surveying 1,000 British and American...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayWe Can Save Foster Children With Education
While foster children’s well-being has long been a federally mandated objective, along with safety and permanency, it is the goal we are...
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayYoung Mothers in Foster Care: Resilience in Action
The reasons for these higher birth rates among young women in the foster care system are complex. Trauma and the search for...
