Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

  One day, a traveler came across three stonecutters working in a quarry. Each was busy cutting a block of stone. Interested to find ou...

Nine times out of ten, when I volunteer my time as a foster care alumna to reach out to teens and young adults of today, they are incredibly...

K udos to the  NACAC Board of Directors for passing a position statement identifying services and supports that should be provided to...

According to  The State of Young America: Economic Barriers to the American Dream : The share of young households spending more than 30% ...

According to  The State of Young America: Economic Barriers to the American Dream : Student financial aid has not kept up with increasing...

According to The State of Young America: Economic Barriers to the American Dream : Young men without a high school diploma have experienc...

The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative recently released a publication titled: Authentic Youth Engagement: Youth-Adult Partnerships ....

What if every state had a Foster Care Medical Review Panel,  serving in a role similar to a Medical Ombudsman , that foster care youth, a...

A Senate hearing was held yesterday, "The Financial and Societal Costs of Medicating America’s Foster Children." Mr. ...

Quotes from Time Magazine article: Szalavitz, Maia. Why Are So Many Foster Care Children Taking Antipsychotics? Time Magazine,...

A concern that comes up again and again with foster care youth and young adults is the issue of overmedication in foster care.   A...

One of my favorite movies in college was “ A Muppet Christmas Carol. ” As a former foster child, I could relate to Scrooge’s need to co...

The second annual FCAA NE OH Thanksgiving Dinner for Foster Care Teens and Emancipated Youth once again captured the heart of what this even...

A place where foster care teens, emancipated youth and adult alumni are always welcome. Having experienced foster care ourselves, we know th...

My entire fall has been consumed by preparations for the 2011 Career and Entrepreneurship Conference - because today's foster care you...

In 1996,the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant replaced the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) pr...

A recent report from the Center for an Urban Future found that: One in 10 youth in New York City who emancipated from foster care in t...

Quotes from CNN: "The August jobs report was dismal for plenty of reasons, but perhaps most striking was the picture it painted of ra...

HELPING CHILDREN TALK ABOUT ABUSE AND COMPLEX LIVING SITUATIONS The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Be Sad by Rob Goldblatt, 2004. A boy who does...

HELPING CHILDREN TALK ABOUT THEIR FOSTER CARE EXPERIENCE A Child is A Child by Brigette Weninger, 2004. After two young frogs are abandon...