Saturday, June 26, 2010

Ohio Reach Summit and Voices of Foster Care Youth

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Rewriting the scripts in a child's life

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What the movie Martian Child teaches about trauma and food hoarding

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Boy in a Box: What the movie Martian Child teaches about responding to child trauma

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Saturday, June 05, 2010

My So-Called Emancipation: From Foster Care to Homelessness for California Youth

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Human Rights Watch has released a new report about California youth in foster care with some startling results: At least 20 percent of the ...
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

We Can Do Better: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in the U.S.

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Every Child Matters released a 2009 report titled We Can Do Better: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in America which predicted that abuse ...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Funding Career Pathways for Out-of-School Youth: A Federal Policy Toolkit for States

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The Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges Toolkit is designed to help inter-agency state teams identify and facilitate "...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Economic Prospects for Young Adults During the Recession

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Findings by the Economic Policy Institute , published in their May 2010 Briefing Paper: Since the start of the recession, an additional 1...

The rock is too heavy for Sisyphus (or emancipating foster youth) to carry alone

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Quote from a friend of mine who is struggling right now: "I am looking at my life and I realize that it's not what I want it to be...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Transitional Youth and Natural Consequences

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The Transition to Independence Process is a strengths-based approach for encouraging youth and young adults (ages 14-29) in their future pl...

Jails and Prisons Have Become America's New Mental Hospitals

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It's time to de-criminalize mental illness. National research by the Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs' Assoc...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Patient Problem Solving - Sitcoms Don't Teach It (Foster Care Doesn't Either)

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The Marshmellow Test - and Young Adult Outcomes

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Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo . After the initial study, by Professor Walter Mischl , researchers continued to track these c...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Ohio's Young Adults Face Narrowing Path to Middle Class

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With appreciation to PCSAO for sharing this update: Policy Matters Ohio and Dēmos hosted an event yesterday in Cleveland to examine fin...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

America's Runaway and Homeless Youth

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Quote from Chapin Hall's  (freely available for listening) webinair : " Many runaways become homeless because family reunificati...

Does Keeping Youth in Foster Care Beyond Age 18 Help to Prevent Homelessness?

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According to recent research , allowing young people to remain in foster care until their 21st birthday may not prevent but may delay their ...

New Findings from Midwest Study: Outcomes of Foster Care Alumni at Ages 23-24

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The Midwest Study provides a comprehensive picture of how foster youth are faring during this transition since the Foster Care Independenc...
Sunday, April 04, 2010

Recent Foster Care Alumni of America Postcards

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Thursday, April 01, 2010

Cincy FCAA Allies in the Faith Community & Child Welfare System

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Youth and Alumni Participate in FCAA Leadership and Advocacy Training in Cincinnati

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