Darcy Olsen: Don’t let vulnerable children linger in foster care
As a foster parent for seven years, I’ve cradled the opioid crisis in my arms.With parents unwilling or unable to get clean, 50,000 newborns will enter state foster care systems this year. What happens next is Russian roulette.Consider Mary, born in a Greyhound bus station bathroom. She tested positive for meth, heroin and alcohol. Nurses […]
Colleges, Universities Should Be Pressured to Help Students in Foster Care – Youth Today
Fostering Success Michigan compiled information on which four-year colleges have campus-based support programs for students who experienced foster care, creating the National Postsecondary Support Map. As the map shows, more than half the four-year institutions and/or states are failing current and prospective students who have been in or are in foster care by not providing […]
MICHIGAN CHAPTER MONTHLY MEETING
To RSVP for National Foster Youth’s Michigan Chapter Meeting…Click Here! Hello Current & Future Michigan Leaders! If you’re the kind of person that wants to fight against the injustices that foster youth face in Michigan and build solutions, consider joining us for a Michigan Leadership Corps Meeting. Our vision is to completely change the child […]