Minnesota

Trauma can cause you to think differently and react to things differently — and a lot of people misunderstand this, writes Aleesha German.

The Augsburg Family Scholars program provides financial, academic and social support to college students who have spent time in foster care.

With the federal government shutdown barrelling toward a Nov. 1 “fiscal cliff,” state, local and tribal leaders are issuing urgent warnings that millions of families will soon be unable to meet basic needs.

The system gets thousands of cases a day, but it doesn’t justify why youth only get looked at by their file, writes this YVR writer.

A Minnesota foster youth report describes “a consistent lack of support for regular, ongoing contact with foster youths’ siblings.” 

My “Voldemort” is just as dangerous: the broken foster care system and the injustices faced by people with disabilities, writes Izzy Wagner.

Parenting is hard for everyone, but parenting while autistic, Black, & under CPS involvement comes with an extra weight, writes Alexis Kramer.

I'm still begging for this system to help me to this day, even if it's the same system that failed me in the first place, writes Brenna Huna.

We need to ask: Who do sealed records really protect? We need to ask because it’s not protecting the youth, writes April Miller.