Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

Yesterday, I attended a youth forum in Stark County. Approximately 60 foster care youth were in attendence. Topics covered included: housin...

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Meet the players in this scenario: -Rochelle Kidd was an abusive parent. As a result, in March 2004, she and her husband, Victor Anderson, ...

Victor Gonzales, now a photographer, trying to capture the moment. Previous blog entry on the H.A.Y. Center: Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: O...

One week before her death, six-year-old Katherine Frances was taken to a hospital by her foster mother, where police and doctors found ...

In 2004 , the results of methamphetamine production and abuse were evident throughout Cumberland County, Tennessee. The local jail was gro...

Photograph of Mercury Liggins www.prisonpotpurri.com Texas foster mother Mercury Liggins excelled in home studies, and was allowed to adopt ...

The rate of abuse or neglect of foster children in Georgia is nearly twice the federal standard. A civil rights lawsuit was filed against Ge...

Photo from www.washingtonpost.com Donnell Long Every Christmas and Thanksgiving, owner Donnell Long invites disadvantaged and foster childr...

31-year-old Treva Thornberry successfully masqueraded as a teenage foster child for several years. Please visit this link to read this inter...

My letter to Toledo Blade re: Behavioral problems of caged kids debated Sielicki, Jim. Toledo Blade, Dec. 13, 2006, pg. B1. I am concerned b...

Summary of the top two news stories regarding foster care in Ohio, 2006: 1.) Marcus Fiesel: A three-year-old autistic boy who died in foste...

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...