Posts Tagged ‘child welfare’
June Staff Recommendations
We are expanding our Staff Recommendations! Starting this month, we’re adding a new Feel-Good Recommendations column featuring uplifting books, movies, shows, podcasts, and more, handpicked by our staff. Click below…
Read MoreDavid’s Success Story
David’s Story David* was an infant when he entered the child welfare system for the first time. He was born substance-exposed and was later reunited with his mother after she…
Read MoreThe Bill Spill
VA HB38 House Representative Rozia Henson (D) introduced a bill that would require teachers and appropriate faculty to complete mental health awareness training focused on addressing the needs of high-risk…
Read MoreMay Staff Recommendations
Staff Recommendation One: Straw In the film Straw, a single mother in deep despair is pushed to the brink. With no safety net to turn to, she’s forced to make…
Read MoreFoster Care Month: It takes a community
May is National Foster Care Month Every year, children are removed from their homes and placed into foster care. Each has experienced some form of abuse, neglect, or both, that…
Read MoreThe Bill Spill
VA SB90 Senator Barbara Favola proposed Senate Bill 90, legislation that would expand educational support for at-risk children and youth across Virginia. If passed and funded through the state appropriation…
Read MoreFelix’s Success Story
Felix’s Success Story: A Story of Hope and Resilience At 10 years old, Felix* entered the child welfare system after being sexually abused, neglected, and physically abused. Due to the…
Read MoreThe Bill Spill
Take Action Now: Help Increase Funding for CASA Programs in Virginia There are 27 CASA programs serving abused and neglected infants, children, and youth across Virginia. Yet state funding has…
Read MoreFebruary Staff Recommendations
Unprotected: Aging Out of Foster Care Short NBC News Segment Unprotected: Aging Out of Foster Care follows Christina Abraham, a foster youth, on her journey aging out of the system.…
Read MoreEthan’s Success Story
Born with various drugs in his system, Ethan* was removed from his mother’s care and placed in the foster care system. He was assigned a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)…
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