Friday, June 13, 2014

Why FCAA Ohio hosts Thanksgivings in Franklin, Cuyahoga and Hamilton Counties

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Becoming Legal Orphans of the System

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Results from the CFSR regarding: "Of all children in foster care for at least two years, what percent achieve permanency within the fol...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

My thoughts on Easter Sunday 2014

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Federal Funding for Transitional Housing for Emancipating Foster Youth

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Chafee and TANF IL to help youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood

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Title IV-E funds and allowable expenses for teens in foster care

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Child welfare funding in Ohio

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Emerging Adulthood: An Opportunity to Improve Outcomes for Foster Care Alumni

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Transition from Foster Care to Adulthood

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Transition to Adulthood for A Child With Loving, Supportive Parents

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All I Want for Christmas is a Better System of Support for Emancipated Foster Youth

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When former foster youth return for help to the agencies that formerly served "in loco parentis," they aren't treated like...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Income Gap: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

One of My Favorite Classic Novels

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You might have heard of the movie "Daddy Long Legs" based on the book by Jean Webster. An orphan is supported through college by a...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Developing Your Vision While Attending College

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The American Indian College Fund and the National Endowment for Financial Education co-published a series of four handbooks on Develop...
Thursday, May 09, 2013

Homelessness After Foster Care

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I recently read a report that did an excellent job of outlining the current lack of accuracy and effectiveness in measuring homeless yout...
Monday, April 01, 2013

Two of My Favorite Artists

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Two of my favorite artists incorporate collage and mixed media into their work... Jonathan Darby is an artist from the UK whose artwork d...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Foster Focus Magazine asks: What was foster care like for you?

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Kudos to Chris Chmielewski of Foster Focus Magazine for inviting foster care youth and alumni throughout the nation to share what foster ca...

Three Days On the Hill for Foster Care Youth and Alumni

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The Ohio chapter of Foster Care Alumni of America was honored to serve as lead facilitator, and one of the sponsors of Three Days on the H...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Aging Out: Things People Never Told Me

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Things People Never Told Me is a publication created by the Better Futures Project . The authors of this publication interviewed a grou...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Foster Parenting: Expectation Verses Reality

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Please note that I am not writing this as a foster parent, but as a former foster child. As an alumna of the foster care system, I am ...