Connections for Success’ short film is about a family bonded through the mutual love, support and hope they have found and share with each other. Katie and John mentor three young men, Miguel, Demetrius and Jonathan, in order to give them the opportunity to reach their potential; yet, along their journey, Katie and John learned […]
Blog Posts Tagged: foster care
Former Foster Youth to Advocate for Improved Foster Parent Training
Lily Dorman-Colby understands firsthand the importance of proper training for foster parents. Both of her biological parents struggled with mental illness, preventing them from properly caring for Lily and her brothers. At age 12, Lily was separated from her brothers and moved into the first of five long-term foster home placements. However, Lily soon found […]
May is National Foster Care Month!
May 2015 is National Foster Care Month, a month specially designated each year to recognize the countless people and organizations improving the lives of young people in foster care across the country. Established under President Reagan in 1988, National Foster Care Month is a special time to celebrate every individual who makes a difference in […]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Our work at Foster Care to Success is so intrinsically tied this issue, as some people fail to realize: children in the foster care system are not bad kids, rather they’ve had bad things happen to them. Every year, about 3 million cases of child abuse are reported in the United States, most of which […]
Aim Higher Alum Creates Change at Her University
Bette Maisel is a 2014 Aim Higher Fellow attending Notre Dame de Namur University. As a senior at NDNU, Maisel is leveraging her Aim Higher experience to design a program to support other foster youth attending her university. “The program will create healthier experiences for students transitioning from high school to college. We want to […]
New Documentary Showcases World of Foster Care Through Animation, Community Storytelling
Current and former foster youth are joining their voices to reframe the discussion about foster care—one YouTube video at a time. Using video, animation, storytelling and social media, the Foster Care Film and Community Engagement Project offers the foster care community various ways to share experiences and enlighten others about the world of foster care.
[Guest blog] The Importance and Impact of Protecting Foster Youth’s Credit
Children and youth in the foster care system are at high risk for financial fraud because of their frequent moves and the fact that many – sometimes unscrupulous – people may have access to their personal information. A recent Los Angeles County study found that eight percent of 16- and 17-year-olds in the foster care […]
Money Matters! Lacresha White Explains Why
What happens when you put former foster youth in a room full of foster care professionals? Education…but the “teacher” may surprise you. On Nov. 17, 2014, the Child Welfare League of America hosted “Financial Challenges Facing Youth in Transition,” a panel discussion about how to create policies and practices to help foster youth with money […]
Students from the Foster Care System Speak Out
In a panel at the American Bar Association Conference on Children and the Law last week, three successful students who’ve been in the foster system discussed what it was like trying to balance school, work, and the demands of living in the child welfare system. In their panel discussion – “Voices from the Child Welfare System” – the […]
July 2013 Heroes
We couldn’t choose just one hero for July, and if you knew the 2013 Aim Higher Fellows, you would know why. In early June, a group of 22 nervous college students gathered in Washington, D.C. as the inaugural Foster Care to Success Aim Higher Fellows. No one knew each other. Many hadn’t been to Washington […]
