Friday, July 26, 2019

FYI Housing Vouchers Are Announced

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Many thanks to the Ohio foster care youth and alumni  who have worked for seven years to make this happen!

Technical Details About FYI Housing Vouchers

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Click to enlarge photo What is the Foster Youth Independence Program (FYI)? Since 2013, the FSHO Coalition ,  led by ACTION Ohio, has...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Housing Vouchers After Foster Care

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Click to enlarge photo Update from John Kelly, of the Chronicle of Social Change, July 25, 2019. Earlier this year , we reported on th...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Meet the latest addition to the Dickson household

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Saturday, July 20, 2019

Staycation Movies

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Great news!!!

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All 46 central Ohio Donatos Pizza restaurants have now been trained about Huckleberry House programs, Safe Place and about Safe Place site...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Fathers, or the lack thereof

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I still remember the girl I once was before, during and after foster care. And how much I craved a father figure at that time. At the time...

Excellent quote that gets right to the heart of the matter

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Thursday, July 04, 2019

Youth Voices Matter

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This year, I am celebrating Independence Day by focusing on how to continue to advocate and help create more resources to support young peop...

The Very Impatient Advocate

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The Very Impatient Caterpillar  by Ross Burch is my favorite Picture Book of 2019, because it captures the advocacy struggle so well. ...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Grateful for 19 years of marriage

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Click to enlarge I am deeply grateful for 19 years of marriage to Nathan Dickson. He is my songbird and my oasis. He challenges, exasp...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Celebrating the journey: May - June 2019

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A wise sister of mine, Angie Cross, taught me that we need to take time to celebrate milestones during the course of our ongoing advocacy...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Two Federal Bills to Improve Higher Education Outcomes for Foster and Homeless Youth

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Ohio foster care youth and alumni are grateful to have two federal Senators who care about improving college access, retention, and compl...
Tuesday, May 07, 2019

I wish Daenerys had never met Jon Snow

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She would still have three dragons, and still have Jorah. Arya and Sansa don't appreciate any of her sacrifices, nor do any of the Nor...
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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