Holiday Thank You Awards: $100 or $250 Cash Honorariums – Deadline is 11pm Wednesday, 12/27/17
Holiday Thank You Awards: $100 or $250 Cash Honorariums – Deadline is 11pm Wednesday, 12/27/17 Are you a former foster youth AND advocate? Want $100? Participate in Holiday Thank You Awards! AWARD DESCRIPTION: This is a chance for former foster youth to win some extra cash for New Year’s! We will give out 24 honorariums of $100 […]
Number Of American Children In Foster Care Increases For 4th Consecutive Year : The Two-Way : NPR
A new government report says the number of children in the U.S. foster care system has increased for the fourth year in a row, due largely to an uptick in substance abuse by parents.The report, issued annually by the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, shows that 437,500 […]
Board of Supervisors Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas on receiving the National Foster Youth Institute’s 2017 Champion of Children and Youth Award – Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
“Thank you, Congresswoman Bass, for that warm introduction and for this honor. I also want to thank Wendy and Dean for hosting this event and welcoming us. “It has been my distinct pleasure to support and partner with this organization on behalf of the thousands of youth in Los Angeles County who are in or […]
2 brothers hoping to find 1 forever family – CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8
2 brothers hoping to find 1 forever family Source: 2 brothers hoping to find 1 forever family – CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8
Relative Growth: Three States Increasingly Rely on Kin for Kids in Foster Care – The Chronicle of Social Change
When Dana Murdock’s newborn niece Dahlia entered Hawaii’s foster care system in 2016, she flew from Arkansas to Hawaii as quickly as possible. Having aged out of the child welfare system herself, Murdock knew she couldn’t let her sister’s child languish in the system, and she couldn’t blame her sister for spiraling into drug addiction […]
Local nonprofit receives grant to provide housing for youths…
SAN ANTONIO – Children in foster care face many challenges, and if they’re not reunited with their families or adopted by the time they turn 18, the road ahead doesn’t get any easier. One major challenge many young adults face when they age out of foster care is finding stable housing. Source: Local nonprofit receives […]