Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

A plastic bag has many uses. You could rake up the leaves in your backyard, and scoop them into a Hefty cinch-sack. You could take out the ...

Voices for America's Children has just released the third edition of their Child Advocacy Primer , which can be downloaded free of char...

Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: From One Extreme to the Other

Definition of beaurocracy: An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effectiv...

I was very impressed by this website: http://www.fosterkidsareourkids.org/ Foster care is a community effort. Everyone can play a role. Per...

Above are pictures from my favorite birthday... until now! Aren't my stepdaughters lovely? And, isn't my husband handsome? He desig...

Today, I participated in a conference call, which was part of the ongoing training to be a virtual mentor for foster youth through the Orpha...

The Ohio foster care system has recently been under a great deal of scrutiny, and has been receiving national attention. Experts from variou...

Three "faces of Arizona foster care:" Regina, Christa and Lupe. An Arizona foster care series in the Payson Roundup demonstrates ...

I'm currently doing a lot of research on foster care and attachment issues: http://fostercareattachment.blogspot.com/

Did you know that Chaffee funds require states to have a youth advisory board? Neither did Franklin County Children Services (in Columbus, ...

In September of this year, Carole Clark, a Texas family court judge, convened a group of almost 100 child care professionals to conduct an o...

The ideal vs. reality Ideally, all teenagers would be linked with loving, permanent families before aging out of foster care. Realistically,...

Everyone has their favorite landmark in Texas. What's yours? Big Bend National Park? The Alamo? After attending the fourth annual "...

I shall continue to post my notes and updates on contacts from the 2006 It's My Life conference. However, several articles about the fos...

Independence and Permanency – Can Youth in Care Have Both? Notes from It's My Life Conference 2006 * Please note: The panel was made up...

Part of the "It's My Life" conference included a Halloween party. I had sewn my flower costume ahead of time (created my own ...