Tuesday, April 23, 2019

"Do you ever make mistakes? They’re birds now."

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Cue every insightful Bob Ross quote ever...  

"I want everything that I love."

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Quote from Edward: “I want everything that I love.” Lisa: “Who doesn’t? You said it, Edward - I want everything that I love, too.” ...
Tuesday, April 02, 2019

FSHO Coalition Plan is national news!!!

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Trump Administration Reviewing Plan for Housing Support to Any Youth Aging Out of Foster Care April 2, 2019   John Kelly     Chronicle of...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Resources for Reunified Youth

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Reunification is a term that refers to the process of when a child or teen is sent back to live with their biological family after spen...
Sunday, March 03, 2019

2018 National Estimates of Homeless Youth

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Source:  HUD's 2018 Annual HomelessAssessment Report to Congress
Saturday, January 05, 2019

Our foster care system is failing teens on a national level

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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Planning ahead for DC in 2019

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Broken Bridge Between Youth-Serving and Adult-Serving Systems

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Lack of access to existing services by former foster youth is a national problem: Click to enlarge image Part of this is that ther...

Employment and Education Outcomes for Ohio Foster Youth By Age 21

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Ohio has a fractured safety net for transitional youth in general, and this is especially true for young people "aging out" of fos...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Love this story from Angie, my college friend

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Yesterday (her son) disobeyed, and he was put in a time-out and lost his screen time: He took this piece of paper and he drew a very smal...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Benon Lutaaya: Collage Artist

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Benon Lutaaya, Johannesburg, South Africa

Patrick Bremer: Collage Artist

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Patrick Bremer, German collage artist
Sunday, September 02, 2018

Scheduling a Visit With Your District Office

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Many thanks to foster care youth, alumni and allies for signing the  online petition  in support of the Fostering Stable Housing Act. Let’s...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

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We need the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act to pass, in order to help former foster youth between ages 18-25 with housing. The...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

My husband is my constant

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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Support with Reconnecting With Bio Families After Foster Care

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--> Adoption Network Cleveland recently created “ Reconnections Support ” to support former foster youth who are trying to reco...
Saturday, July 07, 2018

Anniversary Steak

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Sunday, July 01, 2018

Photos from Carly's Wedding

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Nathan and Lisa's 18th Wedding Anniversary

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Click to enlarge. The 18th wedding anniversary is the "cook your wife steak with a blowtorch" year -- or at least that's w...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Developmental Relationship Framework

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The Search Institute first created the 40 Developmental Assets , and has recently been exploring the Developmental Relationship Framework...