Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

CFK Top Article Pick: Telling Stories that Teach, and Heal

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:26:57 -0500

Teenagers in foster care often have stories to tell—but lack the tools to tell them. CFK looks at how the Center for Digital Storytelling has provided those tools to participants in their program, and helped create valuable teaching tools for those who work with teens in care.

A“Ticket to Work” for Transitioning Youth – and Those Working With Them

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:12:55 -0600

If you work with teens with disabilities, you’ll want to know about the Social Security Administration’s Ticket to Work (TTW) program. Its Youth Transition portion offers funds for organizations that help students receiving Social Security disability benefits find employment. Is it right for you? Melody Goodspeed, Youth Transition Specialist for TTW answers some common questions about the funding.

Getting Beyond the Foster Care System: What Works for Teens

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:47:19 -0600

Could you have made it entirely on your own at 18 or 21? Each year, roughly 25,000 young people “age out” of the foster care system, many without family or economic supports. Without connection to a caring adult and support to plan and prepare, these youth face steep challenges, including higher rates of unemployment, poor educational attainment, health issues, incarceration, and homelessness. But those are the problems, the statistics—what about the potential of these teens, and their desire to succeed? We spoke with Betsy Krebs, co-director of the New York City-based Youth Advocacy Center, about what works to help teens aging out of foster care succeed. There’s room for the whole community...

Who's Doing What That Works: Readers' Choice Stories

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:27:12 -0500

October 2007—Our partner Child Advocacy 360 brings you "Readers' Choice Stories," in which readers vote with their eyes, clicks and emails on the best of Who's Doing What That Works.

Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:12:22 -0500

Start: Oct 18 2006 - 8:00am

End: Oct 19 2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Chapin Hall Center for Children and The MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy are co-sponsoring Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood.

Keeping Kids in the Child Welfare System After 18

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:39:39 -0600

CFK reports from: Keeping Kids in the Child Welfare System After 18
Event: A Web conference
Organized by: Chapin Hall Center for Children
Where/When: On the Web, Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 1 pm ET

This one-hour discussion brought together six panelists to discuss the experiences of Illinois with allowing children in the foster care system to choose to remain as wards of the state past the age of 18, up to age 21.

National Independent Living Conference

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:10:35 -0600

Start: Sep 13 2006 - 9:00am

End: Sep 16 2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+4

The Daniel Memorial Institute hosts "Growing Pains," the 19th annual independent living conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

National Youth Leadership Conference

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:03:09 -0600

Start: Aug 11 2006 - 9:00am

End: Aug 13 2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+4

The Destination Future National Youth Leadership Conference will be held in Chevy Chase, Maryland. This conference brings together youth from across the country to learn what others are doing in the areas of independent living and transitional living programs.

Pathways to Adulthood National Independent Living/Transitional Living Conference

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:07:21 -0500

Start: May 17 2006 - 9:00am

End: May 19 2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The National Resource Center for Youth Services hosts this nationally recognized conference for social service professionals and youth involved in Independent Living and Transitional Living programs. Pathways to Adulthood 2006 will be held in Portland, Oregon.

Philadelphia Newspaper Focuses on Out-of-School Youth

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:05:24 -0600

The Fall 2005 issue of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook includes in-depth coverage of the situation of out-of-school youth in the city. Through interviews with 50 out-of-school youth and articles in English and Spanish, the issue covers topics like data shortfalls, zero tolerance, financial incentive structures, early intervention strategies, and the special circumstances affecting young people aging out of foster care and those who are pregnant and parenting.

Foster Children, PTSD and Mental Health

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:13:42 -0500

Former foster children are twice as likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as Iraq war veterans, according to the 2005 Northwest Foster Care Alumni study. More than 20 percent of adults formerly in foster care are doing well—but most, however, face major challenges in the areas of mental health, education, and employment. One-third are living at or below the poverty level, and nearly a quarter experienced homelessness some time after leaving foster care.

Congressional Briefing on Mental Health Services and Former Foster Care Youth

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:27:36 -0500

CFK reports from: Capitol Hill
Event: Congressional Briefing on Mental Health Services and Former Foster Care Youth
Organized by: The Casey Family Programs, Harvard Medical School and New America Foundation
Where/When: Washington, D.C., April 6, 2005

On April 6, 2005 Harvard Medical School and Casey Family Programs held a Congressional briefing on mental health services and former foster care youth to release the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study.

Concept 1 Academies

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:19:22 -0600

Concept 1 Academies provides independent living skills, workforce development skills training and computer/academic skills training in a residential setting to prepare older foster care teens for successful transition into independence. Preparing tomorrow's leaders, today!

Young Adult Community Development, Inc.

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:27:16 -0500

YACD empower emancipated youth transition from foster care to adulthood. This is accomplished with self advocacy and mentoring.

TRAC (Transition Resource Action Center)

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:22:42 -0600

TRAC is a one-stop center that offers access to affordable housing, liveable wage jobs and a safety net to young people, age 14-24, who are transitioning from subsitite care (CPS/JD) toward self-sufficiency.