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Promoting Peer Support in Child Welfare

By Celeste – Jul 30, 2024 | Filed under Public Policy

FosterClub believes peer support programs are crucial for young people and their families. For youth, the ability to turn to peers who understand what they are going through is a vital lifeline. Peer support programs for young people can take many shapes: sometimes peer support is found through involvement in a Youth Advisory Board, other times it may include Peer...

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WSJ Article on Psychotropic Medications in Foster Care

By Team FosterClub – Feb 28, 2014 | Filed under Foster Care News

(pictured: Dashun Jackson, 2013 FosterClub All-Star) Lucette Lagnado from the Wall Street Journal wrote an investigative journalism piece on the abuse of psychotropic medication prescriptions for youth in foster care...

Psychotropic medications

Oregon House passes bill on foster kids' medication

By FC Steve – Jun 18, 2009 | Filed under Foster Care News

by Michelle Cole, Oregonlive.com, 6/17/09, SALEM -- Children in state foster care -- even kids younger than 4 -- are being prescribed powerful antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs. State lawmakers want...

Psychotropic medications

Promoting Peer Support in Child Welfare

WSJ Article on Psychotropic Medications in Foster Care

Oregon House passes bill on foster kids' medication

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