UTSA opens center to serve students with a history of foster care | UTSA Today | UTSA | The University of Texas at San Antonio

UTSA opens center to serve students with a history of foster care | UTSA Today | UTSA | The University of Texas at San Antonio — Read on http://www.utsa.edu/today/2019/10/story/UTSA-FosterCenter.html

How (and Why) to Become a Foster Parent – NYT Parenting

The licensing process – and the training, home visits and court dates – can be intimidating. Here’s what you need to know. — Read on parenting.nytimes.com/becoming-a-parent/foster-care

$3.5M Partnership Benefits Foster Care Youth Enrolled in San Antonio Public Colleges | Rivard Report

San Antonio’s three public institutions of higher education are partnering to provide resources to current and former foster care youth enrolled in school. — Read on therivardreport.com/3-5m-partnership-benefits-foster-care-youth-enrolled-in-san-antonio-public-colleges/

Foster care. The right time is now. | Insights Magazine

Foster care. The right time is now. | Insights Magazine — Read on http://www.insights.uca.org.au/features/foster-care-the-right-time-is-now

How Together We Rise Is Challenging The Foster Care System

TWR is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of motivated young adults and former foster youth. Their vision is to improve the lives of children in foster care by collaborating with individuals, companies and community partners to bring resources to foster youth. — Read on http://www.forbes.com/

‘Here we go again!’ My son’s principal called me. He’d been written up.’: Adoptive mom ‘cried and cried’ after learning her ‘trauma-ravaged’ son was rewarded for being ‘courageous’ – Love What Matters

    This story was submitted to Love What Matters by Amy Pollard of Gulfport, Mississippi. You can follow their journey on Instagram. Do you have a similar experience? We’d like to hear your important journey. Submit your own story here, and subscribe to our best stories in our free newsletter here. Read Amy’s heartwarming backstory adopting these 3 brothers: ‘Momma, can …

She’s been bounced through more than a dozen foster homes. And she’s just 6 – The Boston Globe

As years of vacillation by the Department of Children and Families went by on whether to reunite Marie with her mother or free her up for adoption, the girl devolved from a happy-go-lucky toddler to an out-of-control child seething with anger and grief. — Read on http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/24/she-been-bounced-through-more-than-dozen-foster-homes-and-she-just/cygwikaaMDb2LgHfuNlGNN/story.html

Fostering Futures Scholarships helps adults out of foster care system attend college | Fox17

70 percent of teens who emancipate from foster care report they want to attend college, but fewer than 10 percent who graduate from high school actually enroll in college. — Read on fox17online.com/2019/07/10/fostering-futures-scholarships-helps-adults-out-of-foster-care-system-attend-college/

Protecting Runaway Foster Youth: Without Warrants, What Comes Next?

Thoughts?? We don’t need arrest warrants to keep runaway foster youth safe, authors argue, but we do need some partnership with law enforcement — Read on chronicleofsocialchange.org/opinion/protecting-runaway-foster-youth-without-warrants-what-comes-next/36019

Non-profit helps Arizona foster kids build life skills – Story | KSAZ

This is essential as so many kids do not learn the most basic skills while in the foster care system…especially in residential environments and group homes. CAVE CREEK, Ariz. (FOX 10) – Staff is prepping for a big night of a guest collaboration at Cartwright’s Modern Cuisine in Cave Creek. — Read on http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/non-profit-helps-arizona-foster-kids-build-life-skills