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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: October 2006

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Thursday, October 26, 2006. It's My Life conference for youth aging out of foster care. I apologize if my blog entries have been less frequent. I have been preparing to attend and assist with an upcoming conference in Seattle. I vividly remember my entry into the adult world. I was sixteen years old. I had just been raped. Now, I didn't know where I was going to live. I felt like I was being punished for not being strong enough to defend myself against what was happening to me. For two weeks, I was homel...

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: April 2006

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Information: To Share or Not to Share? I apologize for taking a detour in my study of the recommendations of the PEW Commission, but something has come to my attention. Two Very Divergent Responses. 1) Social workers forbidden to share information about the agency where they work. The New York Administration for Children's Services has just released an Internet Acceptable Use Agreement, dated April 19, 2006. According to the ACS's Internal Use Agreement:. The one thing that mak...

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: Need to find a way to celebrate and support former foster youth who graduate college and grad school

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Need to find a way to celebrate and support former foster youth who graduate college and grad school. It can be incredibly disheartening for former foster youth to work so hard to earn a degree, and then be immediately be reminded of their lack of family privilege immediately upon college/grad school graduation. Because they still aren't sure how to fund moving expenses and future housing and food costs after graduation - even when they are offered amazing jobs. Sunshine Girl On...

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: July 2006

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Sunday, July 30, 2006. AIDS tests on foster children in the 1990s. I apologize for the intermission in my blog entries. I've been in California on a family vacation. During that time, I met with three wonderful people. Who are each working in their own ways to make a positive difference in foster care. It was definitely one of the best trips I've ever taken, but I'm sorry to be silent for so long! Using foster kids as guinea pigs. Testing took place in seven states: Texas, Colorado, New York, North Carol...

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: November 2006

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006. Arizona foster care series ended a week too soon. Three "faces of Arizona foster care:" Regina, Christa and Lupe. An Arizona foster care series in the. Demonstrates journalists' commitment to "put a face" on foster care. In pursuit of this goal, they designated a three-week period to focus on this topic:. 1) During the first week, reporter Michael Maresh spent the day with staff at Child Protective Services. 3) The third week was earmarked for interviews with foster parents.

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: May 2007

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Thursday, May 31, 2007. An accurate description of the stigma of foster care. Changing.Moving.Growing.: Something I wrote about the stigma attached to foster children. Labels: culture of foster care. Posted by Lisa : 8:07 PM 3 comments. Links to this post. Saturday, May 26, 2007. If he beats you, he won't make a good Daddy. Photo of Eva Mauldin - I was inspired to write this blog entry after visiting the StarFish blog (please see bottom link on the right). The interview with Eva Mauldin. A weapon used ag...

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: Creating learning experiences for foster youth

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Creating learning experiences for foster youth. Do you remember being a teen, and those specific experiences that, at the time, seemed like the most important moment in the world. This very interesting research study demonstrates that:. 1) Teens are better at learning from "reinforcement learning" than adults are. 2) Teens engage both. The hippocampus (memory) and striatum (decision-making) regions of their brains at the same time. Posted by Lisa : 12:45 PM. As a former foste...

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: June 2006

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Death Rate in Foster Care. Is a child is four times more likely to die in the Texas foster care system than outside it? According to Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, when she released data last Friday on foster care deaths, poisonings, rapes and pregnancies, saying, "Many children are in more abusive situations now than they were before the state intervened.". Between 2003 and 2005, the number of children in foster care increased 24%. Death in foster care:. Two young men die...

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Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day: February 2007

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Foster Care Alumni of America. Youth and alumni create postcards to share their experience in foster care. Foster Care Alumni of America. Is a relatively new national organization. Characterized by alumni leadership, partnerships with child welfare organization and positive influence on foster care policy and practice. Foster foster children ("alumni"). Child welfare professionals who support our mission ("allies"). It is possible to overcome the obstacles. While one person'...