Helping hands: How Bethany Christian Services trains families to be child-focused in foster care

Bethany Christian Services of Central PA’s 25 hours of interactive instruction and self-reflection is built on a singular, ...
WBIW

Foster Success awarded $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand credit build program

Foster Success has been awarded a $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand its innovative Credit Build Program, ...
EdSource

Former foster youth often struggle to get through college. Here's how some programs help

Young people who’ve been in the foster care system often struggle to get to and through college. Some studies show that programs designed just for supporting these students — with scholarships, ...

Rebranded 'Launchpad Home' program aims to support those exiting foster care, justice system

"It's really exciting to see it kind of become a space where it just serves as that launchpad," one of the group's staff ...
WAFB

Foster care programs experiencing shortage of foster homes

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There is a critical shortage of foster homes in the state of Louisiana, but for some groups of kids, finding homes is even more difficult. “It’s important as those who were ...
Billy Penn

Foster care student support; Art Museum re-rebrand?; Weekly gun violence brief | Morning Roundup

A long bridge”: Programs help foster care youth attend — and succeed at — college Jennifer Stanley grew up in the foster care ...