HRC to Host Webinar on Advocacy for LGBTQ Foster Youth in Schools | Human Rights Campaign
HRC to Host Webinar on Advocacy for LGBTQ Foster Youth in Schools | Human Rights Campaign Post submitted by Tracy Flynn, M.Ed., education consultant and expert trainer for HRC’s All Children – All Families program HRC’s All Children – All Families (ACAF) project works with foster care and adoption agencies across the U.S. to […]
CYFD brings on former clients to help teens
If you’ve never lived in a foster home or spent time in a juvenile detention center, it’s hard to understand what life is like for kids who do. That’s why the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department is now hiring interns who’ve had those experiences. “I can see what’s worked for people in my […]
Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge | City Limits
Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge | City Limits Tony Turner knew he had to improve his eating habits to reverse a recent diagnosis of prediabetes, but, after several years in the foster care system, he did not know where to start. Turner realized he rarely received guidance on how to […]
Child Welfare System Increasingly Relying on Relatives to Raise Children Exposed to Trauma | Markets Insider
According to a new report by Generations United, grandparents and other relatives who step in to care for children, play an important role in mitigating trauma, which children in the child welfare system experience at starkly higher rates than the general population. More than half of the children in the child welfare system have endured […]
New foster-care boss gets a laundry list of what needs fixing | Miami News & Search
Our Kids, the organization responsible for the care and safety of foster children in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, has a new leader in place with an impressive resume. But a void at the top was not the only problem afflicting the nonprofit. A comprehensive examination — called a peer review — of Our Kids’ practices […]
Adopting From Foster Care: Clarifying The Misconceptions To Build A Loving Home
Adopting From Foster Care: Clarifying The Misconceptions To Build A Loving Home One of the biggest benefits of financial freedom is the ability to spend more time helping other people. Although writing about building wealth is useful and donating money is good, adopting or fostering a child reaches a next level of kindness. Today’s post […]
This Amazing Young Man Advocates For Other Foster Youth And LGBTQ People | HuffPost
“Look what I’m doing. You can do it too.” In this RaiseAChild “Let Love Define Family®” series installment for Huff Post Queer Voices, contributing writer Danielle Lescure introduces us to a former foster youth who aims to inspire and help others. Dominque ‘Domo’ Ross, 24, is all about positivity. He listens to podcasts and Joel […]