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| College Is Possible For You! |
| Friday, February 6, 2009 |
Do you want college in your future?
What does college mean to you? Does it mean a better job? Do you like the idea of getting up in the morningexcited to go to work? Is college life fun? Is it hard work? What do you think? As you already know, college life is very much like life everywhere. It is what you make of it. We bet that you already know this. There are times when life can and will be very hard. But, as a student coming out of the foster care system, you have advantages that will help you get started. In this brochure, we will point out ideas which can help you believe that college is for you. |
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| Valentine's Day Bazaar |
| Tuesday, February 3, 2009 |
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| Adoption Day |
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
See what its like for the fortunate few on adoption day! |
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| Lawmakers look to cut stipends for ex-foster kids |
| Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
At 22, Katie Brown is working as a restaurant server and is weeks away from earning her degree from Florida Atlantic University.
But four years ago, her future was uncertain.
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| Florida budget cuts would hurt 'oldest, sickest and neediest' |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
TALLAHASSEE - For every dollar cut from Florida's budget, a life somewhere will be touched. Many of them will belong to the state's youngest, oldest, sickest and neediest, whose numbers grow in bad economic times.
Like Mary Ellen Ross, 55, of Delray Beach, who has been in the state's Medically Needy program since 1999, when she received a liver and bone marrow transplant.
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| Plan seeks to help teens in foster care |
| Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| A new initiative announced Tuesday will serve as a safety net for African-American youths who age out of Milwaukee County's foster care system before finding permanent homes and have difficulty with a cultural identity.
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| GUIDE "AGED-OUT" FOSTER CARE TEENS TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE ADULTS |
| Friday, February 29, 2008 |
After leaving home for the first time, most young adults still rely on their parents for good advice, living skills, and financial help. But, "aged-out" foster care teens have no one to turn to. They have no one to call when they mess up a recipe or get a flat tire. They have no one to listen when they endure a bad breakup or fail an exam. They have no one to support them through their first real job, their first adult relationship, and their first time living on their own.
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| Children Aging out of the Foster Care System Face Difficult Odds |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 |
Children in the foster care system have typically already survived significant trauma or abuse, but as they grow older and approach aging out of the system, they face even more difficult odds. Children who reach 18 and adulthood in the foster care system without being adopted or having any family or mentor of their own have staggeringly high rates of imprisonment, homelessness, alcohol and substance abuse, and a myriad of other problems.
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