Tuesday, April 28, 2020

'A sigh of relief:' Advocates applaud Ohio's governor for providing safety net for those aging out of foster care

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Youth advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after Ohio's governor announced the state will cover the costs of those aging out of t...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Thank you, Governor DeWine

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Quotes from Governor DeWine's Press Conference on April 24, 2020:  Gov. Mike DeWine announced the state will continue to cover the c...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Number of Foster Youth Emancipating Per County in 2019

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Please note that: This map doesn’t capture the number of young adults who are currently in extended foster care in Ohio (Bridges prog...

National Reach As High As You Can Day

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Learned from a coworker that today is National "Reach As High As You Can" Day. Given everything that is going on in our stat...
Monday, April 13, 2020

The challenge of trying to do the Senior Picture Challenge

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Sending apologies to those who tagged me about this - but I can’t post a photo for the #SeniorPictureChallenge, because I never had a senior...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Color-coded Concepts

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Saturday, April 11, 2020

Zoom Storytime With Edward, Frannie and William

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Thursday, April 09, 2020

Lisa's first Zoom, with HUD staff, fellow advocates and federal legislators

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Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Lisa's first online storytime

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Here's a link .
Saturday, April 04, 2020

Let's keep moving forward...

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The end goal is for housing resources to support foster youth to be available in every state, and every city/county, in our nation.
Friday, March 20, 2020

Appreciation for Heather Zenone

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We Ohio folks had the honor and privilege of meeting with foster care alumna Heather Zenone in February. Heather is a powerful DC advocate...

Love this recommendation from CDF

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Love this recent recommendation from Children's Defense Fund national and the Child Welfare and Mental Health Coalition: "Bo...

National strategy proposals to strengthen the child welfare safety net in response to COVID-19

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Policy recommendations are being discussed behind the scenes to support young people in and from foster care, by advocates throughout th...
Monday, March 09, 2020

Many thanks, Ohio CASA

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As with any foster youth, Lisa Dickson didn’t choose the family she was born into. Instead, she was born into a family that included an a...
Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Appreciation for Representative Steve Stivers

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Representative Steve Stivers is a champion of foster and homeless youth   ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Learn more about the  Homeless Children and Youth ...
Sunday, March 01, 2020

Don't forget to #FosterMyFUTURE

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One of the 2020 priorities of Ohio foster care youth and alumni  is to make sure that we and our brothers and sisters of the system are: ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

FYI Combats Homelessness Among Former Foster Youth

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HUD Program Combats Homelessness Among Former Foster Youth Irene Luo and Jan Jekielek, The Epoch Times, February 25, 2020.  Every year, o...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Thank you, Governor, for standing by foster youth

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As published in the Columbus Dispatch on February 15, 2020, page 10B, Section: Editorial and Opinion, Column: Letters to the Editor: Th...
Sunday, February 09, 2020

National Advocacy in 2020

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Link to more photos In 2020, Ohio will be facilitating multiple trips to DC in order to continue to support and celebrate FYI vouchers...