Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

Do you care about the plight of young people in and from the foster care system? Maybe you would like to help in some way, but don't kn...

Created on May 2006 and revised in July 2006 , the O.H.I.O. (Overcoming Hurdles in Ohio) youth advisory board have come up with a list of r...

My friend and her sister were adopted by a couple who also adopted two other sibling groups (making six adopted children total in their hous...

There is an unfortunate tendency toward viewing foster care youth and alumni with suspicion, rather than seeing them as community assets and...

I have been tagged by Nicki Mann from They're All Our Children for a meme. The idea is to point out five of my previous posts that I t...

Traditional social work services typically focus on the individual and are provided in an office setting. In family-centered practice, the...

Hands can hurt and hands can heal. Hands can be raised in prayer, raised in agreement or raised in anger. A hand can pat you on the back wit...

SAMPLE: Young people ages 17-23*, residing in licensed public / private foster and group home facilities in 10 counties across the state. * ...

What worked for us: 1.) Seeking higher education - " Get an education, it may be very easy, or it may be very hard. Some may need to r...

The United States spends one hundred billion dollars each year on the protection of children. There are six million allegations of abuse an...

The Unusual Suspects is a nonprofit organization of professional artists in Los Angeles that works with young people, ages 12-21, in the ar...

Some readers might recognize Adrian McElmore from my previous post: Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: Meet the president of O.H.I.O. Youth Advis...

Annie E. Casey Foundation offers grants to help states, cities and neighborhoods more effectively meet the needs of at-risk children and fa...

Photo from spiritofamerica.com On April 1st, 2006, Spirit of America celebrated International Orphans Day in Basrah by giving presents to 2...

Photo from cbsnews.com Welcome to an orphanage in Bagdad , where 24 special-needs orphans were found tied to cribs. Originally, boys and gi...

This postcard was created by a former foster child, as part of the Culture of Foster Care Postcard Project by Foster Care Alumni of Ameri...

In preparation for several upcoming statewide workshops for young people preparing to age out of foster care, I created the above diagram to...

Since young people aging out of foster care lack the “roots” relied upon by young people from intact families, they will need to work to cre...

This week, I met a young man who had moved to my state from California. He was Latin American. His English was broken; his family even more ...