Tag: foster care
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When Aging Out of Foster Care and the Death Penalty Meet
So I ran across this documentary called No Tomorrow and just watched it. Although it’s graphic and difficult to watch at times, its riveting and thought provoking to say the least Watch it for free here- let me know what your thoughts are. I’m still speechless at the moment. No Tomorrow : https://link.tubi.tv/IhOIA6MDZxb
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To My Mother: Betrayal I Learned Best From You
What Is Betrayal Trauma? many thanks to the original source article: verywellmind.com – 3 days ago What Is Betrayal Trauma? You may feel betrayed when someone hurts you or breaks your trust. However, the betrayal can be traumatic if it’s someone close to you, or someone you depend on to care for you. “This type of…
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Former Case Worker: Texas Foster Care Crisis Is Getting Worse
Grace Reader, 21 hrs ago Read original article here. AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the pandemic continues to drag on, a former case worker says the already widely publicized foster care crisis in Texas is only getting worse. “We have so many children in care, it might be due to the pandemic, there’s a lot of…
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California is the First State to Approve Guaranteed Income For Foster Youth
Aging out of foster care has to be one of the most difficult and scary times for foster teens. This is a time that sees many whose fear leads them to attempt or commit suicide before they age out. I’m extremely happy to see an initiative to address those going through this delicate process. I’m…
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Missing Children in Foster Care -Remembering the Forgotten
i can think of only one event more traffic than being falsely accused and having your child taken into foster care and a result- and that is being falsely accused and your child being taken into foster care, wrongly, and then finding out your child is missing!! What a horrific thought. It happens. It shouldn’t…
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Heartbroken Parents of Alienated Children Never Stop Trying To Reach Out To Their Children
source: Alienated parents share unanswered texts to their kids and it’s crushing by:Alexandra Carlton Being prevented from seeing or communicating with your child is a special kind of hell – but a parent’s love never dies. Imagine if you were unable to see or speak to your own young child. You may know where they…
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Trump has passed a new federal law aimed at keeping at-risk families together during treatment
This new federal law will change foster care as we know it BY TERESA WILTZ Stateline.org May 03, 2018 01:00 AM WASHINGTON A new federal law, propelled by the belief that children in difficult homes nearly always fare best with their parents, effectively blows up the nation’s troubled foster care system. Few outside child welfare…
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Dallas County Foster Kids Age Out to Troubled Lives…
Its Almost Tuesday wants us all to remember, stories like these are about the children who live to age-out. Many do not. Many commit suicide just prior to their 18th birthday. Those are the ones that the system needs to focus on, how that sort of tragedy could have been prevented. Maybe listening to the…
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Forgotten Children
I saw filthy living conditions “Pee wall” next to sleeping quarters at therapeutic foster camp. make-shift outhouses “playhouse” at a therapeutic foster camp unsanitary food storage in so-called outdoor camps Sleeping facilities outside at therapeutic foster camp. where children must sleep in sleeping bags – no walls, no fans, no heat – for months…
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Foster Care From The Child’s Point of View
A Must See Video Duo – Grab Your Kleenex! Part 1: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R9Q2leUtppM] Part 2: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D9FJPdbHeZY]
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This is M.D. one of the children not forgotten…
Source of Stories: PLAINTIFFS’ ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF AND REQUEST FOR CLASS ACTION in the recent lawsuit filed on behalf of 12000 foster children in the State of Texas against Governor Rick Perry, Thomas Suehs, Executive Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission of the State of Texas and Anne Heiligenstein,…
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Foster Care Videos
These you tube videos speak for themselves [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_IB9Sfr6k] Part 1 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1pJTSldSA] Part 2
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Before he was caught for child rape….
Who was he, before he was a convicted pedophile? He was the reason a child’s life was destroyed. After PLEADING GUILTY to several counts of aggravated SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A MINOR, COMPELLING PROSTITUTION, and SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD, Ronnie Cummings was the instigator & co-conspirator in a plot to separate another little boy and…