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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...

Mental health

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Council Members Share Priorities Around Reducing Vulnerability & Transition Planning

By Celeste – Nov 9, 2012 | Filed under Public Policy

Council members of the National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council met on October 9, 2012, with the George Sheldon, Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families...

Sex trafficking

Transition (aging out)

Daryle Conquering-Bear Testifies in DC on Disproportionality

By Celeste – Aug 7, 2008 | Filed under Public Policy

Today FosterClub All-Star Daryle Conquering-Bear testified in front of the U.S. Congressional Ways and Means Committee. Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support...

Rights in foster care

Promoting Peer Support in Child Welfare

Council Members Share Priorities Around Reducing Vulnerability & Transition Planning

Daryle Conquering-Bear Testifies in DC on Disproportionality

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