Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

In 2017, Columbus was selected to participate in a 100-Day Challenge to Address Youth Homelessness by A Way Home America , a non-profit...

Youth who are “new” to our streets are more likely to become chronically homeless if we do not intervene within 15 nights. The 15th ...

Adolescence and young adulthood represent a key developmental window.  Every day of housing instability and the associated stress re...

This movie was mesmerizing. It wasn't like watching a movie - it was like walking into the characters' lives, and walking aroun...

Jewish Family Services will oversee a fund on behalf of the 11-year-old and his mother, who are homeless. Public reaches out to homele...

Mackintosh Williams shows some of his favorite books in the room he shares with his mother at the YMCA's Van Buren Shelter on the W...

I personally am a big fan of the usefulness of Erickson’s theory in relationship to foster care youth/alumni, particularly when it comes to...

And for supporting the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act, proposed in direct response to YEARS of advocacy by current and former...

WASHINGTON (KCRG-TV9) -- Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, and Sen. Al Franken...

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Day by Day: ‘Aging out’ of foster care can bring difficulty By Liz Thompson, This Week News, July 3, 2017. Her mother died of cancer when...

It might sound weird to say this - but when I hear Former FBI Director Comey giving his legislative testimony, all I can think is that I ...

Message to today's young people who are currently transitioning from foster care into young adulthood: It's part of the healing ...

It is a great big beautiful thing to create something new, but the next step is to maintain it, year after year - because the need doesn...

My husband has a saying: "Underpromise and overdeliver" -- and I can't tell you how valuable that principle is when it comes t...

I am heart-happy about Ohio's fifth annual Three Days on the Hill. ❤️❤️❤️ One thing really amazed and encouraged me during this year...

I agree with these recent quotes from Dan Rather: "Now is a time when none of us can afford to remain seated or silent. We mus...

Improving long-term outcomes for young people in and from foster care  Let's start from there - settle for nothing less - and then mo...

Do you remember being a teen, and those specific experiences that, at the time, seemed like   the most important moment in the world ? Thi...

Sometimes our siblings of the foster care system try to put on a brave face and not show the world that they are struggling - right up un...