#Fostercare
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
The Secrets and the Emotional Cost of the Adoption Industry | The New Yorker
Adoptees reckon with corruption in orphanages, hidden birth certificates, and the urge to search for their birth parents.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
My foster son just turned 18. Here's why we're not asking him to leave | TODAY.com
The day foster kids turn 18, they are typically thrown into the real world.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Foster dad couldn't bear to break them apart, so he adopted 5 siblings
Robert Carter was traumatized after he was separated from his own brothers and sisters as a little boy.
News | News
Biden Administration Seeks to Unload Migrant Children on Overloaded Foster Care System
Foster parents in California are reportedly being asked to house migrant children from overflowing federal facilities...
Family & Parenting | Kid's
Couple adopts 4 siblings from foster care, then welcomes quadruplets | GMA
Can you imagine adopting four siblings from foster care, having a son and then finding out you’re having quadruplets?
Family & Parenting | Family & Parenting
Single foster dad adopts five siblings so they can all stay together
Robert Carter grew up in foster care and was separated from his siblings for years. So when he learned the three brothers he was fostering had two sisters, he decided to adopt all five so they could stay together.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Column: A dinner to remember, made by culinary students who are aging out of foster care
Hillsides, a charity for foster children, teams with six of Pasadena's best-known chefs to create a new culinary training program for young adults who have aged out of the system.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Medicaid Covers Foster Kids, But Daunting Health Needs Still Slip Through The Cracks | Kaiser Health News
Nearly all children in the foster care system are covered by Medicaid. Yet, foster parents still struggle to meet the extraordinary health needs of their children. To solve this, some states are experimenting with a coordinated approach to care — with m
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The Maze of Foster Care and Health Care
Laticia Aossey was bounced around foster homes for years but was not prepared to have her health insurance cut off at the after she didn't fill out paperwork on time to continue Medicaid after aging out of care foster.
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Inside the foster care system: A bleak last stop for lost youths
Her entrance caused a stir. A 15-year-old girl with appraising eyes and a gruff, resonant voice, she radiated bridled ambition in a room filled with children who were mostly slumped and lost.
