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It began with this sketch. Alex, a twelve-year-old runaway foster kid. Charleston, WV 1994. #Historicalfiction #1994 #middlegrade #kidlit #fostercare #runaway #coverart #kanawhacounty #indieauthor #selfpublish

When the foster care system warehouses disabled youth instead of protecting them, healing becomes impossible.
Evidence: institutional warehousing, 50% longer stays, severe behavioral trauma
#Aletheia #FosterCare #DisabilityRights

Tasmanian victim-survivor had to wait 23 months for her own school and foster records to be released

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

#childabuse #physicalabuse #fostercare #righttoinformation #rti #redress #court #politas #csa #dcyp #education #tasmania

“Its liability insurance premiums have more than doubled in recent years, from about $480,000 for its 2022 policy year to $1.26 million by its 2025 policy year…agencies are paying for current costs with funding allocated based on past expenses.”
www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti... #fostercare

🗒️ Reminder: The 2027 RHEP Youth Advisory Board application closes on October 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm PT. Share this opportunity with your networks: rhep.info/YAB2027

#California #SRH #YouthAdvocacy #FosterCare #TAY

We're feeling grateful for time well-spent with Tana Senn, Secretary of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families earlier this week. When two leaders with hearts for children & families connect, good things happen.
#fostercare #childwelfare

Katie is almost 16 and has lived with foster carers on a Permanence Order for seven years. She's just been told that her Order will 'run out' and is worried and confused. Find out about Katie's rights in these new information materials: buff.ly/tpvmfuj #fostercare

“The village includes a playground, a community center, social services and studio apartments for young people preparing to leave #fostercare …The homes also have enough bedrooms for large groups of siblings to live together.”

www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

🌊Chantilly Blue's hunger to know where she came from becomes stronger by the day after she is given a piece of lace and a Life Story Book.

🔎It's a start, but it leaves Illy with more questions than answers...

#middlegrade #kidlit #fiction #childrensfiction #socialwork #fostercare #bibliotherapy

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: indepthnh.org/2026/06/29/j... #childabuse #fostercare

This is a stretch but…

Dear Anyone who was in #FosterCare as a kid: is there anything a teacher could have said or done to support you while you were separated from your family?

I can’t fix what’s happening but I need more ideas of how to support my students through this.

-a sad teacher

“Disability encompasses a wide range of conditions. In our reporting, we came across children who used wheelchairs, were blind or deaf, had intellectual disabilities or used ventilators and sometimes were sent to foster homes that weren't accessible for them.”
www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n... #fostercare

This week’s round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary starts with a groundbreaking plan for federal #childwelfare finance reform: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #fostercare #childabuse

📢 Northern and Central Kentucky residents: Join a virtual foster care community forum on Thursday, Oct. 1.

Be part of the discussion about improving Kentucky’s foster care system and outcomes for children and families.

Learn more here: kcoj.info/FCForumSept2...
#FosterCare #Community #Kentucky

#Fostercare often fails #kids with #disabilities.
Consider these cases

www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...

Let's bust a foster care myth!
Being a foster family is expensive.
NOPE! As a foster parent, you'll receive a monthly stipend to help care for the child in your care, and all kids in #fostercare have medical, dental & vision insurance. amarafamily.org/amara-foster...