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“There is a place that I go, that nobody knows where the rivers flow and I call it home. Where there are more lies and the darkness is light, and...

Keeping connections from a distance can often feel impersonal and fragile. There are some things that we can do to make sure that we are receiving the care we need...

Medi-Cal is the California version of the Federal Medicaid program. The Medi-Cal program provides health care coverage for low-income residents of California. Although the Affordable Care Act allowed for former...

Health care

Lets face it. Everyone has heard the stories on the news of the teenager who commits suicide because of the constant harassment he/she receives from bullying. Yes it's depressing and...

Congressman David Reichert of Washington and Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass of California discuss the troubling realities of the current U.S. foster care system and the bipartisan legislation pending Senate approval...

Hi everyone! My name is Emily Tao and this is my first blog ever! The other day, I was fortunate enough to meet some of Casey Family representatives and was...

All of my life as a foster youth I have acquired different skill sets based on the circumstance I was in. While at the time I thought that adapting to...

The word different, according to the dictionary, means adj. Not alike in character or quality. I'm different. I am Asian. I am a sister, a cousin, a friend, a Christian...

So in the spirit of the Reno,Nv Pride going on today, I want to right about how hard it is for those youth in the LGBTQ to be themselves. Those...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth

Child Welfare Drama! As I've mentioned elsewhere, this is the kind of subtle drama that I live for (http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80830217/). The kind where a person's tone or the direction that they...