Innovation on display at Children’s Museum – News – fosters.com – Dover, NH
Innovation on display at Children’s Museum – News – fosters.com – Dover, NH DOVER — The brilliance on display at The New Hampshire Children’s Museum on Saturday almost outshone the sunny skies, as the fifth annual Mini-Maker Faire was held inside the museum and on the grounds. Amazing displays of innovation and technology took place, […]
Training available for foster children advocates in Nevada County | TheUnion.com
Training available for foster children advocates in Nevada County | TheUnion.com A trusted, caring and reliable adult can make a huge difference for a child in the foster care system. http://www.theunion.com/news/training-available-for-foster-children-advocates-in-nevada-county/ On – 25 Aug, 2017 By Matthew Pera
Former Foster Youth Develops Online Course to Empower Foster Children • SJS
Former Foster Youth Develops Online Course to Empower Foster Children • SJS A former foster youth has created an innovative tool for professionals in the child welfare system through his online course, Fostering Resilience. Michael Place, now an international public speaker and child rights activist, recently launched Fostering Resilience to help professionals identify and foster […]
Foster Care System Overdue for an Overhaul? – 1812columbus
Foster Care System Overdue for an Overhaul? – 1812columbus The foster care system in the United States may be ready for a major overhaul. Consider this idea– maybe foster kids should be legally separated from their biological parents faster, in order for that child to have a chance at being adopted sooner. Dublin mom Dee […]
200 kids in foster care in Marathon Co., only 43 homes to place them
200 kids in foster care in Marathon Co., only 43 homes to place them WAUSAU,Wis.(WSAW)– Wisconsin legislatures took on problems in the foster care system this session and created a Foster Care Task Force Committee to help improve the system. The committee held their fist public hearing on Wednesday in Wausau and Patrick Schmidt a […]
Mandy kidnaps Ella from foster care! | Entertainment Overdose
Mandy kidnaps Ella from foster care! | Entertainment Overdose 22Aug 2017 Hollyoaks are set to air scenes where Mandy will kidnap her daughter from foster care! Viewers have seen Mandy lose custody of Ella when social services declared her home unsafe for the child. Monday’s first look episode saw Mandy’s effort to get her daughter […]
We Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care | Youth Today
We Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care | Youth Today Foster care placement has been described as the most tragic experience faced by a child because it introduces instability to their already chaotic life. Furthermore, frequent placement changes and lack of foster care resources for […]
Former Long Beach foster child interns for Kamala Harris, writes foster care policy paper
Former Long Beach foster child interns for Kamala Harris, writes foster care policy paper Tiffany Boyd may be “the lucky one” of her seven siblings, but she doesn’t like that label. She’d rather every kid in the foster system be supported and have someone in their corner. The 29-year-old Long Beach woman served as an […]
July Newsletter
Headlines: A Note From Our Interim Executive Director The Leadership Corps Takes Action in the Mid-West DCFS Acting Director Visits NFYI NFYI Salutes Kinship Caregivers Youth Highlights A Note From Our Interim Executive Director With all the racial unrest in the country I am so grateful that NFYI has such a diverse , committed, socially conscious […]
The new ‘Jane Crow’ in the foster care system separates children from their poor mothers
The new ‘Jane Crow’ in the foster care system separates children from their poor mothers One black woman in Brooklyn, Maisha Joefield, had her 5-year-old daughter taken away from her after she wandered off to find Joefield’s grandmother who lived across the street. Joefield had simply put her daughter to bed after a long day […]