Youth Today
All posts tagged "Foster Care"
-
4.4KNewsLack of Affordable Housing, Enough Foster Families Hurt Taos, NM, Area
It's November 2019, and the hysteria from the emergency meeting in 2013 is still palpable for Yasmin Haque. After then-New Mexico Gov....
-
2.7KNewsIn Santa Fe, NM, ‘We’re Not Going to Play the Blame Game’
Annie Rasquin believes in difficult conversations with her staff and volunteers, especially when the complex needs of a foster youth require immediate...
-
2.8KNewsCarlsbad, NM, Oil Windfall Makes It Harder to Keep Caseworkers
People in southeast New Mexico find it hard to live with the oil boom, but folks across the state can’t live without...
-
4.3KNewsWashington ‘State-raised’ Inmates From Foster Care Urge Better Youth Support
Inevitable. That’s how winding up in prison felt for a group of former foster youth — now adults who are imprisoned at...
-
1.7K► ReportsSpecialized Case Management for Young Adults in Extended Federal Foster Care
Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss the policies and practices best suited for meeting the needs of foster youth through the age...
-
4.7KFrom the BureausTo Help Foster Youth With Education, More Data, Analysis Needed, Experts Say
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
-
3.1KGuest Opinion EssayHere’s HOPE for Restorative Practices in the Child Welfare System
When we hear the words restorative justice, there is often a connection with the criminal justice system. But what if we brought...
-
4.7KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Students With Homelessness, Foster Care Backgrounds Need Help Building Network
Earlier this year we wrote a column in Youth Today about the barriers faced by college students who had experienced homelessness or...
-
3.9KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Campus Support Programs Are Strong Model of Services Helping Foster Youth
Most research shows that obtaining a college degree will lead to higher lifetime earnings than possessing only a high school diploma. However,...
-
5.7KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Prepare Foster Care Adolescents for Post-Secondary Education
Access to post-secondary education is a common goal for many adolescents. Appropriate assistance from a knowledgeable adult is critical for successful navigation...
-
3.4KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Understand Promise of Adolescent Development to Serve Youth
Nearly 25% of our population are teens and young adults in the most important developmental sprint of their lives. But rather than...
-
3.1KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Care System Needs To Get Its Heroes Straight
Here’s the first rule of heroism: Real heroes don’t go around proclaiming themselves “heroes.” Here’s the second rule: People who are truly...
-
4.0KGuest Opinion EssayResearchers, Social Workers, Foster Youth in College Need to Work Together
In the past few years, the pathways and lives of adults with experience in foster care have increasingly been a prominent concern...
-
1.9KGuest Opinion EssayYouth in Foster Care Deserve Greater Chance to Enter Diversion Programs
Over the past two decades, I have had the extraordinary experience of working with youth involved in the juvenile justice system and...
-
3.4KNews2 Sisters, 2 Foster Care Tales
Two sisters illustrate two different paths through foster care. Melody McLaurin emancipated herself from foster care at 18 and received benefits from...
-
5.4KFrom the BureausAbusive Childhood, Then Foster Care Led to Homelessness
Matthew “Fire” Mishefski was days away from completing his makeshift encampment. After years of homelessness, the 24-year-old knew what he needed to...
-
5.9KGuest Opinion EssayWant to Prevent Child Abuse? Behold the Transformative Power Of Cash
Half a century ago, as the Vietnam War still raged, President Nixon began bombing neighboring Cambodia — without bothering to mention it...
-
3.2KGuest Opinion EssayChild Welfare Needs to Embrace Youth Potential While Changing Its Own Systems
We have all heard the labels, and sometimes used them ourselves: Foster youth. Special needs kid. Delinquent. Homeless youth.
-
4.1KNewsYouth in Foster Care Navigate Challenges As They Look Toward College
Julia, 16, a high school senior in Alpharetta, Ga., knows where she wants to go to college: It’s Georgia State University in...
-
4.7KNewsCampus Coaches Make Crucial Difference to Foster Youth in College
Liz Burns, 22, was in the middle of a crazy-busy time at college. But, for some reason, she couldn’t stop thinking about...
