Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Foster Care Alumni of America

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Postcard Project: Youth and alumni create postcards to share their experience in foster care. Foster Care Alumni of America is a relatively...
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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Project Visitation reconnects siblings in foster care

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Heii Anderson of Keiki Photography took this picture. Judge Browning is the gentleman in the red tie. It is estimated that 80% of people li...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Foster care 'fosters' low expectations - but survivors can achieve beyond what they imagine

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Photo from www.nilausa.org In 2003, high school students from all over the country submitted 3000 essays were submitted to a New York Time...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

My new hero

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http://californiafostercarenews.blogspot.com/2007/02/foster-mother-attends-law-school-while.html

Two worst foster abuse cases I've heard about lately

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Photograph of Georgie Buoy; note the moral vacancy in her eyes. Okay - deep breath. Some news stories are so terrible that I don't even...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Separating Siblings In Foster Care

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Meet Kayla Pettit, 16 years old. When she entered foster care at eight years old, she was separated from her siblings. She didn't see he...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Lisa's message to Congress

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http://youthpolicyactioncenter.blogspot.com/2007/02/lisas-message-to-congress.html I was asked by the Youth Policy Action Center to share my...
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Monday, February 12, 2007

Scholarships for former foster youth

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The Orphan Foundation of America and Casey Family Scholars Program are offering $1.5 million to help foster youth attend college, university...
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Friday, February 09, 2007

Foster care commercial series by CFCA

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I ran across Evan Davis' blog recently: http://www.evandavis.name/ He has created a series of commercials for the Christian Family Care ...

Meet the president of O.H.I.O. Youth Advisory Board

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Adrian McLemore spent 10 years of his life in foster care. He believes that everything happens for a reason. Throughout high school and d...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Whole Child International

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Kudos to 34-year-old Karen Gordon for using her $1.3 million divorce settlement to start a nonprofit organization to improve orphanages. The...
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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Foster care statistics

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Each year, over 20,000 young people "age out" the U.S. foster care system. Older youth (aged 16–18) are more likely to be living i...
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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Michigan foster care system in need of reform

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Two-year-old Isaac Lethbridge was removed from his parents on charges of neglect, and placed into a foster home by state. His parents, Matt...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Youth Forum on Aging Out of Foster Care

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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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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Sister saves her youngest sibling from foster care

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http://www.silive.com/living/advance/index.ssf?/base/living/1169551908215940.xml&coll=1
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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Caseworker with conflict of interest

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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, ...
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Monday, January 15, 2007

Update on the H.A.Y. Center

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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...
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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Message to foster children: Don't wet the bed - or you die

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One week before her death, six-year-old Katherine Frances was taken to a hospital by her foster mother, where police and doctors found ...
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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Man on a mission: Sheriff Burgess cares for "meth orphans"

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In 2004 , the results of methamphetamine production and abuse were evident throughout Cumberland County, Tennessee. The local jail was gro...
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Friday, January 12, 2007

Abusive residential treatment centers and foster homes

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As a former foster myself, my passion is to advocate side-by-side with young people in and from foster care, to partner with them to design proactive policy solutions, and to promote resources to improve outcomes.
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