Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

Diagram created by Lisa Dickson It has been estimated that 80% of people living in the United States today have siblings. The sibling bond ...

"Our advocacy efforts cannot be demolished like a house of cards. Life as an adult advocate is much less fragile than shuttling through...

Witnesses Tell Personal Stories of What State Assistance Means to Them Hannah Report , March 19, 2009 Thursday’s Human Services Subcommittee...

APPENDIX A: COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSITION GUARDIAN PLAN Tom Packard, D.S.W., School of Social Work, San Diego State University, No...

Comic strip courtesy of Mark Stivers at http://www.markstivers.com/ Failure to Launch is not just a movie. Today, most young adults in the ...

The National Center for Family Homelessness just released a report indicating that 1 in 50 children is homeless in the United States ever...

Quote from Good Will Hunting : Will: He used to just put a belt, a stick, and a wrench on the kitchen table and say, "Choose." Sea...

In what ways are various organizations and agencies inviting the passion and dynamism of foster care youth and alumni to be a part of their...

I am currently researching various organizations that certify foster care youth/alumni as child welfare trainers. This is a project that I a...

Earl Stafford, Virginia businessman, Air Force veteran and 60-year-old founder of Universal Systems and Technology decided to give a front...

Because: “Nearly 100,000 youth are confined in juvenile jails, prisons, boot camps , and other residential facilities on any given night.” ...

Foster care youth are often multisystems youth . Therefore, I am currently working with Dawn Folsom, a passionate member of Foster Care Alum...

One in five former foster children report experiencing homelessness after "aging out" of foster care. Investing in housing progra...

The following blog entry represents a personal struggle that I have had this week. I am trying to learn from this experience and move forwar...

A valued friend of mine recently asked my insights regarding designing a web page for young people in her state who are "aging out...

Does this statement sound familiar? "In the event of an emergency, please secure your own breathing apparatus first before placing one ...

I apologize to my readers for not posting for a while... This has been a beautiful, magical, wonderful and amazing year! It has also been a ...

When do you feel most like yourself? What are you feeling? What are you wearing? Tonight, I am wearing a dark blue sweatshirt that says ...

Do you see this tall slab of wood? Today, it is nothing more than an ordinary door. But it will be transformed over the weekend into a vehi...

This press release from the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare is the best news that I have heard for a while! Kudos for this o...