Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Senate Caucus on Foster Youth Recognizes and Supports ACTION Ohio's efforts

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A decade of making a difference: Senate Caucus on Foster Youth Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 1...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Columbus Dispatch Editorial Board endorses FSHO

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Many thanks to the  Columbus Dispatch Editorial Board  for endorsing the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act: "Brown and Grass...

Diffusion of Innovation

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Adopting a new idea or behavior is a process - and some people are quicker to do so than others.  1.) Innovators -tend to be eager t...
Thursday, December 05, 2019

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We each have our personal journeys. As a foster care youth, I was accepted into college at 16 years old, and entrusted to care of a leg...
Tuesday, December 03, 2019

Inequity undermines foster care outcomes

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In Ohio, social service programs are state sponsored and county administered. This is true for some other states as well -- but, according t...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Let's get FSHO passed in the U.S. Senate

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Click to enlarge picture It has already passed unanimously in the U.S. House of Representatives... Click to enlarge picture

Thankful for this year's early Thanksgiving dinners for foster care youth and alumni

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Saturday, November 09, 2019

“Despite the multiple ways that demands on Chafee-funded services have grown, Chafee has received minimal funding increases over the years. In fact, after counting for inflation, Chafee’s funding levels are about 30% lower now than when it was established” in 1999.

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Source: Funding Supports and Services for Young People Transitioning from Foster Care by Lynn Tiede and Kristina Rosinsky, Chi...

Senate version of Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act is introduced

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The Senate version of the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act was introduced this week by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Senator...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

20 years at CML

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Saturday, October 12, 2019

Miles wins 20 under 20 award

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Sunday, September 15, 2019

Op Ed by HUD Secretary Ben Carson

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Young people enter our foster care system for many different reasons, but too many share a common story once they age out: They don’t hav...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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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...