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MARCH 2018 TOPIC: How can foster parents help you stay healthy? As a young person in foster care, your foster family or caregiver may help you stay healthy.... or maybe...

Health care for FFY
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Every year, thousands of young people are affected by the foster care system and many suffer trauma far greater than that they may have experienced in their home environments-- a...

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After a knee blow-out, Cody was faced with a difficult choice: face surgery alone, or move to family and lose health care coverage? Life’s challenges test the strongest people and...

Health care for FFY
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In court, permanency is often talked about from a legal standpoint, but we know that permanency can mean something different for young people who experience foster care. One of FosterClub’s...

Permanence
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Washington, February 8, 2018 The Family First and Prevention Services Act Finds Hope in the Continuing Resolution As you all remember, back in 2016, we were only votes away from...

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Cassidy spent her early years in the Texas foster care system (over 2,000 days in care!). At age 6, she was adopted by Jenn McKown. She started doing Musical Theater...

Adoption
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Are you a young leader interested in impacting the child welfare system at the national level? Do you know a young leader that would be a good fit? Check out...

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FosterClub is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2018 All-Star Internship!

Want to learn more about the internship? Click here.

Apply by Feb. 20th

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We've added a new course - Introducing Your Home! The new course focuses on how to introduce a child to your home, reasons a youth may have a difficult time...

Well-being
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