Head Start May Protect Against Foster Care Placement
Participating in Head Start may help prevent young children from being placed in foster care, finds a national study led ...
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To Counter Child Abuse, Administrators and Case Workers Need Support to Implement Evidence-Based Improvements
In 2015, more than 425,000 children were placed in foster care due to incidents of abuse and neglect. But many ...
Connected Commonwealth: Programs for Kentucky Youth Aging Out
Photo Credit: Foster Youth In Action In May 2016, Anna Shobe-Wallace, program manager for Louisville Metro Community Services said, “Each ...
Scotland National Poet Encourages Looked After Children to ‘Get Write In’
Jackie Kay - Scotland's National Poet ©cc by 2.0 University of Salford Press Office Scotland's national poet, Jackie Kay, has ...
More Than 100 Foster Youth Attend Shadow Day Program On Capitol Hill
Congresswoman Karen Bass speaking to Foster Youth Representatives on Capitol Hill On May 24th, 2017, in honor of National Foster ...
It’s Grief To Me – Death, Divorce, Incarceration, Deployment and Foster Care
Every year, educators in the public education system spend roughly 180 days and approximately around 1,000 hours with our children. ...
Social Working the LGBT Child
To effectively perform social services, providers must understand where a person comes from. It is taking the time to recognize ...
The Life of a Social Worker – Interview with Freya Barrington
Freya Barrington, a highly commended Social Worker, is the author of the international bestseller Known to Social Services. This powerful ...
UTRGV Students Share Experiences During Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Program
UTRGV students Carlie Patrick (far left), a junior English/communication studies major, and Leroy Berrones Soto (second from left), a sophomore ...
Best Practices for Grief: Foster Care
Often, helping professionals in the lives of foster care youth struggle to understand the magnitude of loss a child or teen ...
Child Welfare and Psychotropic Drug Monitoring: The Role for Social Workers
Psychotropic treatments for children in foster care can be appropriate, but this form of therapy requires considerable oversight and advocacy ...
Foster Care Youth: Using Technology to Provide Support
Many social workers, other helping professionals, and foster care alumni have recognized the value in utilizing technology to support foster ...
Social Work Advocacy and Psychotropic Drugs in Foster Care
In 2008, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act required states to begin developing plans to monitor health ...
Self Care: Placing An Oxygen Mask On Yourself Prior To Assisting Others
Traveling with friends and family to events is something I like to do for two reasons. One is the fact ...
ReMoved: A Poignant Short Film on Foster Care
“It’s natural for you to think about how fostering will affect your life. About how hard it will be or ...
Realities of What a Traumatised Teen Might Have on Their Resume
Recently on a cloudy August morning, I was simultaneously texting a young person to see if they were okay after ...
Foster Care Youth Trapped in the School to Prison Pipeline
Foster care alumni abandoned by the educational system often become the inmates at youth detention centers and adult prisons across ...
Peace And Love Movement Brings Awareness to Foster Care Normalcy Law
In 2013, Florida lawmakers chose to implement the Normalcy Act; a law that requires their state government to allow foster ...
Foster Care – Doing It Right Is Part of the Deal!
“Over the next 10 months, Jake and his brother were moved 11 times, sometimes in short succession.” This quote is ...
Overcoming Emotional Trauma: Life Beyond Survival Mode
Motivational speaker Travis Lloyd’s Overcoming Emotional Trauma: Life Beyond Survival Mode is a fresh fusion of autobiography and practical advice ...
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