Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day

Nine times out of ten, when I volunteer my time as a foster care alumna to reach out to teens and young adults of today, they are incredibly...

The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative recently released a publication titled: Authentic Youth Engagement: Youth-Adult Partnerships ....

My entire fall has been consumed by preparations for the 2011 Career and Entrepreneurship Conference - because today's foster care you...

A recent report from the Center for an Urban Future found that: One in 10 youth in New York City who emancipated from foster care in t...

According to Table 3: States with largest percent of total exits due to youth aging out (FY 2009) : 1,453 Ohio youth "aged out...

According to the Multi-State Study on Psychotropic Medication Oversight in Foster Care conducted by the Tufts Clinical and Translational S...

According to the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, students with savings accounts in their name — regard...

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices  released a 2010 report on The Transition to Adulthood: How States Can Support ...

Dated January 5, 2011, and authored by the Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children , this report makes vital recommendations...

The NGA Center for Best Practices is the nation’s only dedicated consulting firm for governors and their key policy staff. Their recently...

The Southwest Ohio FCAA Thanksgiving was made possible by: Cincinnati Works Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Richter and Philli...

The 2010 Northeast Ohio Independent Living Summit , sponsored by Stark County Children Services , took place on Friday, October 29, 2010, fr...

Quotes from article referenced below: "Young adults are the new face of homelessness." "It's a group driven by two la...

Have you ever wondered about the rate of sexual abuse experienced by foster care survivors? As many as 75 percent of all children in foste...

The Fostering Connections Resource Center serves as a library of child welfare information and resources to help states and tribes in thei...

On June 22, 2010, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness released the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homel...

Map My Community is a tool designed to assist in locating resources in your community to help you build and strengthen your youth program....

The 2010 Ohio Medicaid Atlas contains amazing maps and detailed demographics regarding various populations - but emancipated foster youth ...

Kudos to Governor Jim Doyle for investing $34 of million of federal recovery funds in transitional jobs to help thousands of people across...

The Transition to Independence Process is a strengths-based approach for encouraging youth and young adults (ages 14-29) in their future pl...