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Choosing to Be a Foster Parent
There are more than 60,000 kids in foster care in California. Serving their needs depends largely on finding foster parents who can provide stable housing and care. This hour, foster parents join us to share...
Youth Law Center’s Jennifer Rodriguez Reflects on a Life in Foster Care
In her teens, Jennifer Rodriguez bounced between foster group homes, youth shelters and juvenile hall. Today, she has a law degree and runs a nonprofit that works to improve foster care. Rodriguez joins us to...
New Efforts to Provide a Stable Foster Care System for California Youth
A summary of some of the learnings from KQED's Forum Series about foster care in California in December 2015/January 2016
California Foster Care System Prepares to Phase Out Group Homes
In October, Governor Jerry Brown signed a law intended to scale back the use of group homes by the state's foster care system. Assembly Bill 403 aimed to reduce the time kids spent in group...
Changing the Odds of Foster Care
On any given day, 80,000 youngsters are in the state's care. Mostly low-income and minority, these children often struggle with mental or emotional problems. Two thirds of foster kids drop out of high school. As...
Mentoring Is Not a One-Way Street
Wisdom isn't exclusive to folks with more years under their belts. Parker Palmer invites older generations to celebrate the gifts of the young — energy, vision, and hope — and recognize the valuable knowledge contained...
Aging Out of Foster Care
KQED Forum series from December 21, 2015: According to a national study, 1-in-5 foster care youth will become homeless after the age 18, and 1-in-4 will be involved in the justice system within two years...
Cops, Group Homes and Criminalized Kids
In this story, a brave young woman who has found her voice through California Youth Connection (CYC), tells her story and how it illustrates the pros and cons of a proposed law in California, AB 388, which proposes...
After Finals, Foster Youth Students Face a Much More Difficult Test
Only 3% of foster youth make it to college, and only half of them graduate, partly because of the extra obstacles they face. This article describes some of those challenges.
Pain, But No Regrets: A Father Remembers His Adopted Son
An inspiring adoption story from right here in San Francisco.