Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Profile Series: Representative Karen Bass
Someone Is Listening It’s no secret that when it comes to politics in America these days, no one is getting along. Turn on any news program at any time of day and you will be inundated with anger from the left, right and middle. If there is one thing everyone in Washington D.C. can agree […]
Separating Families at the Border Will Multiply Child Trauma
In December 2017, the Trump Administration proposed a new policy of separating immigrant children from parents entering the U.S. illegally, as a means of discouraging or deterring immigrant families from Central America and other countries from coming to the U.S.Although the administration has already engaged in this practice in some cases, this policy would alter […]
Fairfax High School seniors hope to create a choir for children in foster care | Articles | fairfaxtimes.com
Nedah Hatami and Jessica Davis did not know much about Fairfax County’s foster care system before they started looking into it for a school project.As members of Fairfax High School’s DECA chapter, a co-curricular organization that teaches leadership skills to students enrolled in marketing classes, the two 12th-grade students were tasked with developing a marketing […]
Documentary: Congratulations, You’re On Your Own: Life After Foster Care
“Congratulations, You’re On Your Own” takes an intimate look at the real-life stories of several young people who have recently “aged out” of foster care. In LA County, most young people age out of the foster system at age 21. At that point, they exceed the maximum age requirement needed for their caregiver to receive […]