All Child Welfare & Foster Care Articles
February 9, 2012
Produced by:
Rise Magazine
"For the past year, I’ve been helping parents who are at risk of losing their children to foster care. My role is to attend Child Safety Conferences, meetings held by child protective services in New York City to decide whether a child should go into foster care or if there is a safe way to keep the child at home."
February 3, 2012
Produced by:
The Huffington Post, First Focus
President Obama's State of the Union address called for the restoration of an America "where everybody gets a fair shot." Today, however, nearly one-fourth of our nation's children live in poverty -- a figure that is inexcusable.
January 30, 2012
Produced by:
The Forum for Youth Investment
The Forum for Youth Investment's Hannah Lythe shares what she learned at a briefing on using children's well-being to guide state policy and budget decisions.
January 1, 2012
Produced by:
SparkAction (at press time, Connect for Kids)
What can kids in foster care tell us about a system that is intended to serve them, but so often falls short? Read their stories and their ideas for change, in their own words, in these excerpts from Nell Bernstein's book, A Rage to Do Better.
December 9, 2011
Produced by:
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
The Foster Youth Internship Program of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) is open to young adults who spent at least 24 consecutive months in foster care and who have completed at least four semesters of college by May 29, 2012.
