Foster kids spend the day shadowing California members of Congress – LA Times
MAY 24, 2017, 12:45 P.M. REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON Leonardo Jimenez, 21, of Los Angeles said after a lifetime in foster care, he never expected to have his congresswoman speak his name on the House floor, or to become a part of the historical record of the United States. On Wednesday, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) spoke about […]
51 Useful Aging Out of Foster Care Statistics | Social Race Media
51 Useful Aging Out of Foster Care Statistics | Social Race Media Some children don’t have loving homes that they can call their own. For whatever reason, the parents of these children are not able to provide for them and neither is their extended family. When this occurs, the child will be placed into the […]
Foster care: Not another sob story | Viking News
Foster care: Not another sob story | Viking News Story by Rebeka Woods Photos by Rebecca Vasquez Kids are dragged away screaming from caustic home environments everyday. The portrayal by the media is of the foster care system only telling of tragic stories, but this is not always the case. These are not parents who […]
Former foster child recalls ‘very emotional’ time | Southern Idaho Local News | magicvalley.com
Former foster child recalls ‘very emotional’ time | Southern Idaho Local News | magicvalley.com Palomo, the oldest of five children, remembers being in a van with his siblings and watching them be dropped off at different foster homes. He didn’t have any information about where they were taken. Over the next few years, he’d live […]
Family with 5 children adopts 6 foster children siblings
Family with 5 children adopts 6 foster children siblings Six siblings who wanted to remain together have gotten their wish, thanks to their adoption by an Ohio couple with five biological children. Christopher and Christina Sanders live in the Cincinnati suburb Forest Park. They had taken the siblings in as their first foster children, ranging […]
The foster care crisis the shortage of foster parents us 59072dcfe4b05279d4edbdd9
The foster care crisis the shortage of foster parents us 59072dcfe4b05279d4edbdd9 Children abused. Children neglected. Children abandoned. Children being placed into foster care; a foster care system where there are not enough homes. The media and news continue to report on the shortage of foster parents and foster homes across the nation. In Georgia and […]
‘The Fosters’ Highlights the Importance of Foster Care & Adoption | Human Rights Campaign
‘The Fosters’ Highlights the Importance of Foster Care & Adoption | Human Rights Campaign In honor of National Foster Care Month, HRC is highlighting a television show that has done more to bring awareness to the issues of LGBTQ youth, same-sex couples and the importance of adoption and foster care than most other shows in recent […]