Classroom Connections

It feels like summer just started, but here we are, at the beginning of the school year. The new academic calendar brings mixed feelings for children who are in foster care and/or adopted. Some may anticipate it with excitement, while others feel dread. Parents are also affected in varied ways. If you are a parent […]

Asked & Answered: Prepping for the School Year

I’ve always contacted the teacher before school. I’ve explained the child’s behaviors and needs with them. They usually have my number when I leave the meeting. I always make sure they know to contact me about any issues, needs or questions. Our school is awesome at working with differently abled children. I was shocked when […]

Help Them Feel Safe

Identifying Trauma Through Connection to Mitigate Reminders

Megabill Slashes Health Care and Nutrition Benefits Foster Youth and Their Families Rely On

President Donald Trump celebrated his landmark legislative package and its tax-and-spending cuts in July with a ceremonial bill signing punctuated by B-2 bombers flying over the White House. But child welfare experts and advocates for children and families predict the impact on the ground will create new survival challenges for millions of the most vulnerable […]

Foster Care Agencies in California’s Central Valley are Facing an Insurance Crisis, and Possibly Closure

The nonprofit agencies that serve some of the Central Valley’s most vulnerable youth have found themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and the hardest of decisions. After the largest insurer of nonprofit foster care agencies across California announced it was pulling out of the market and would not renew policies last year, organizations had a […]