Child Welfare

In 2008, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act required states to begin developing plans to monitor health...

Traveling with friends and family to events is something I like to do for two reasons. One is the fact...

“It’s natural for you to think about how fostering will affect your life.  About how hard it will be or...

When I tell people I am a former foster youth they usually have a similar response (something along the lines...

A California-based policy shop is asking for a $30 million expansion of the state’s transitional housing program to serve homeless...

Foster care alumni abandoned by the educational system often become the inmates at youth detention centers and adult prisons across...

In 2013, Florida lawmakers chose to implement the Normalcy Act; a law that requires their state government to allow foster...

“Over the next 10 months, Jake and his brother were moved 11 times, sometimes in short succession.” This quote is...

As a foster and adoptive parent myself, I recognize the importance of technology in the lives of children.  Indeed, technology...

Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are changing the definition of what it means to grow old. Baby boomers...

Possibly one of the few things more challenging than being a teenage parent is being a teenage parent in foster...

Home is Where I Make It The foster care system is constantly seeking out people who are willing to provide...

Ever wonder why people are not clamoring to build a better abacus?  Most people wouldn't know how to use an...

by Socialworkingal The social services field consists of an assemblage of factions that involves a multitude of players who attempt...

by Angel Ofire In a world of diversity that is fast changing to see our kids suffer the hardships of...

The Jim Casey Foundation’s Youth Opportunities Initiative is the force behind the research on this invaluable topic. The Foundation designated...