All Child Welfare & Foster Care Youth Voices
A fresh perspective on the issue.
Go Back to the Child Welfare & Foster Care Topic Page 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.
October 7, 2011
Produced by:
Youth Communication, Represent Magazine
Young authors of the youth-contributed magazines Represent! and YCTeen talk on camera about their stories, struggles, and inspirations for their stories. Check out two of our picks below--Natascha on using writing to express her frutration, anger, and sadness when placed in a dysfunctional foster home, and Natascha on her peers' knowledge of the First Amendment.
October 7, 2011
Produced by:
Represent Magazine
Sent to foster care at 13, this young author shares a story of how she learned to deal with her situation, and how some talk therapy worked, some didn’t.
August 25, 2011
Produced by:
Youth Today
"When
I was 15, my older sister Te-li and I were taken away from my mother because
she was mentally ill. On moving day, a red van pulled up to my grandma's
apartment building. A middle-aged black woman in a T-shirt and jeans got out.
It was Ms. Tate, our new foster mother. I never reported the lack of food, the cold showers, or Ms. Tate never
being around.