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Connections Count
Resources Connecting Foster Teens with Families for Life
From the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services
In this Issue:
HomeMaking It Possible
Youth & Family Perspectives
Featured Articles
Top 10: Data Snapshots
What Do You Think?
About
Making It
Possible
Want the media to cover your mini-convening on youth permanence and help shift public perceptions about securing families for youth at risk of "aging out"?
New report says the number of youth “aging out” has increased 41 percent since 1998: Time for reform: Aging Out and on their Own.
Texas rethinks birth family connections with fascinating results: Birth Families as Permanency Resources for Children in Long-Term Foster Care, by Susan Mapp and Cache Steinberg,
Two views: Ethicists Reamer and Siegel on open adoption and a popular news account of two families' experiences with open adoption.
Youth and
Family Perspectives
“I entered foster care at age 14, and spent the next six years moving from home to home before ‘aging out’ of foster care. My experiences showed me the importance of stability and security. Everyone – whether they are 6, 16, or 26 – needs a permanent family.” Bregetta Wilson in The (Madison) Wisconsin State Journal , May 9, 2007.
Youth and Family Perspectives
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At the 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence, a majority of the 400-plus participants touted the transformative power of youth telling their own stories. For powerful stories of youth yearning for family – to share with the media, social workers, legislators, court officers, and youth in your community – go to: 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence California Youth Permanency Project Represent and Rise magazines The Kids are Waiting: Fix Foster Care Now. |
Top 10:
Data Snapshots
Nearly 60 percent of adolescents in foster care live in 10 states.What Do You Think?
What are the top three things to consider when involving youth in your state CFSR process?About Connections Count
Produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services, Connections Count is an electronic newsletter focusing on best practices information, tools, research, and data emerging on youth permanency in child welfare.Contact Us
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