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 […]
New program at FAU helping foster care, homeless students
The program helps former foster and homeless youth to navigate college successfully. Source: New program at FAU helping foster care, homeless students
Boston Marathon 2017 – Shalane Flanagan on recovery, final goals, life as a foster parent
Four-time U.S. Olympic distance runner Shalane Flanagan, 35, was gearing up for what she thought might be her last Boston Marathon this month, an important emotional destination for the native of Marblehead, Massachusetts.Her 2016 season featured a personal best in the half marathon and an American record in the Boston Athletic Association 10K, leading up […]
Under threat of budget cuts, state agencies eliminate some health care service for foster kids – Missoula & Western Montana
Under threat of budget cuts, state agencies eliminate some health care services for foster kids Source: Under threat of budget cuts, state agencies eliminate some healt – KPAX.com | Continuous News | Missoula & Western Montana
An aspiring Eagle Scout wants to help kids in the foster care system
An aspiring Eagle Scout wants to help kids in the foster care system Source: An aspiring Eagle Scout wants to help kids in the foster care system
WV struggles with increase in foster children | News | herald-dispatch.com
CHARLESTON – More than 6,100 children are in the West Virginia foster care system as of October and the number keeps growing, according to the acting Bureau for Children and Families commissioner Linda Watts.Watts spoke Tuesday morning to the Joint Commission of Children and Families and told legislators that number had increased in just a […]
Children Are Dying at Alarming Rates in Foster Care, and Nobody Is Bothering to Investigate
A two-year investigation finds shocking indifference to the fates of neglected children in for-profit group homes. Source: Children Are Dying at Alarming Rates in Foster Care, and Nobody Is Bothering to Investigate