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“Tell Us What We Need to Hear”
Extracurricular Activities Benefit Foster Youth
LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parenting Information Packet
Meeting the Educational Requirements of Fostering Connections
National Youth in Transition Database Launches
Numbers of Youth Aging Out Increases
Foster Youth Education Initiative
Financial Aid Assistance to Students from Foster Care
Municipal Action Guide to Assist Transitioning Foster Youths
Benefits and Costs of Intensive Foster Care Services
Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Sabotaged by the System - Foster Youths are Targets for Identity Fraud
Continuing in Foster Care Beyond Age 18: How Courts Can Help
Serving Former Foster Youth in California Community Colleges
Racial and Ethnic Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
Economy’s Ripple Effect on Kids
National Review of Policies and Programs to Support Young People Transitioning Out of Foster Care
LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parenting Information Packet
This new National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections information packet, authored by Teija Sudol, provides information on Foster and Adoptive Parenting by LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) individuals and families. It includes a summary of issues, and reviews facts and statistics, policy and legislation, and best practices and promising approaches to work with LGBT foster and adoptive parents. It also includes a listing of online resources. (October 2010)
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/lgbtq-issues-and-child-welfare.html#ip