Child Welfare faced challenges prior to the global pandemic. In the face of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the needs of the most vulnerable children and youth have only intensified. Challenges such as foster family shortages, social worker burdens and exoduses, and the complex needs of youth facing trauma have become more acute and widespread. At […]
Join Youth Voice as we explore the impact parental incarceration has on youth. Hear from former foster youth with lived experience as we explore coping methods for youth in care, and explain how you can support and advocate for them.
Single parents with foster care experience must overcome many unique challenges as adults.
Join Fostering Families Today and their expert panel of former foster youth to discuss "College Ready, Career Prepared," their new guide to postsecondary education for youth in care.
This discussion will explore the difficult topic of maltreatment amongst youth who have experienced foster care. Young people from Los Angeles County will share their experiences of maltreatment at various levels and provide social workers, advocates and other mandated reporters best practices to identify maltreatment at home and school. This event is sponsored by iFoster.
Fostering Families Today will be exploring the complex relationships between resource families and biological families. Tune in for a discussion about developing and maintaining healthy relationships. This event is sponsored by iFoster.
This "safe space" discussion is for foster youth who are members of the LBGTQ+ community and wish to speak about their experiences of homophobia within the system. Panelists will speak candidly about how they were treated, and will provide advice to other foster youth as well as offer tips on how we can create a […]
Turnover and workforce capacity have long been a challenge in the world of child welfare. The Covid-19 pandemic and overall disruptions in the employment sector have taken these issues from challenge to full-blown crisis in many parts of the country. Salaries are an important part of the conversation, but not the only factor. This online […]
This webinar will explore the goals and concerns of transition-age youth who were in foster care in New York. Panelists who all have lived experience will share their issues, concerns and the supportive factors that played a role in their development while in foster care. Panelists will discuss whether their goals were met, what programs […]
Talking about race isn’t an easy conversation to have, even for adults. Talking about transracial foster care or adoption is a conversation fraught with historical wrongs. Are children done a disservice when placed with families of another race? But with so many kids in need of a safe place, what alternatives, if any, are there? […]
