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African American children make
up 15% of the U.S. population, but represent 34% of the children
in foster care.
FosterClub supports emerging young
leaders, alumni of the foster care system, in tackling tyhe toughest
issues facing foster care today.
Your support of the Fosterclub All-Star program will help ensure
that youth voice is heard.
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News
| Become an ACF Student Grant Reviewer |
12/06/06 |
The Administration of Children and Families (ACF) is looking for student/post-graduate grant reviewers to join their review committees. Important decisions are made by this panel in regard to the funding that benefits children and families across the nation. If you are a post-graduate or currently enrolled college or university, can read, write, discuss and share objective comments, then check out this opportunity.
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| Horatio Alger Scholarship |
10/26/06 |
Deadline October 30! Nationwide Scholarship Opportunities for High School Seniors in Foster Care. Recognizing the significant financial barriers faced by college bound students in foster care, the Horatio Alger Association is seeking to increase awareness of its scholarship programs in the national foster care community. High school seniors interested in applying for a scholarship may submit an online application by October 30, 2006. Scholarships range in value from $2500 to $10,000 and must be used to pursue a bachelor's degree at an accredited college or university in the United States, Students may attend community colleges for their first two years of study.
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| Artists Help Emancipated Youth Study Art In Paris |
05/18/06 |
GET EXCITED!!! Positive Resistance presents Masters & Apprentices: Defending Dreams, August 19th at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum. Seventeen well known and world famous artists lend their artistic gifts to raise money for the recipient program SELF PORTRAIT: Passport to Paris, where emancipated youth will be given the opportunity to study in Paris next summer. Who else is helping with this program? Victoria Rowell and the Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan.
DREAM MORE!
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| Positive Resistance Presents: Conquering Life through Education 2006 Conference & Dance |
04/20/06 |
This is an event for current foster youth from 9th grade to 12th grade and their staff/caretakers. This event will be given on the grounds of the University of La Verne, La Verne California. Youth will learn the importance of a higher education, admissions, FAFSA, Chafee Grant, and other financial aids available for current foster youth. We will kick it off with lunch, followed by workshops, games, prices and a campus tour given by current students who are attending the University. The night will then end with a dance and munchies for the youth and their caretakers.
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| American Idol Inspiring Teens in Foster/Kinship Care |
03/31/06 |
“Kellie Pickler is a role model for teens in foster/kinship care. It's her voice which will determine whether or not she wins or loses not her difficult life,” says O’Malley.
“If she can do it, having a father in prison, a mother who abandoned her as a toddler, and losing the grandmother who helped raise her, she brings hope to others with early trauma and loss.”
“I’m amazed by her voice, not just her ability to sing but to speak without shame about her life and losses,” says foster care social worker, adoptee, and author of teen lifebooks Beth O’Malley.
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| Attention: Florida's Road to Independence Scholarship Recipients |
07/21/05 |
If you have are a recipient of Florida's Road to Independence Scholarship and have paid taxes on this money, you are entitled to a refund. Recently, it has decided that these funds are non-taxable and anyone that might have paid taxes on these funds should contact a tax professional. To speak with a tax professional in your area, who will assist you for free, please contact Florida’s Children First at (954)796-0860, a non-profit organization who will assist you.
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| Ana Castaneda of USC Law School Joins Positive Resistance |
04/25/05 |
"Southern California has the largest foster population in the nation." Ana Castaneda said," Each day youth slip through the cracks, I can't stand by and let that happen."
Ana is young, dynamic and driven in every sense of the word. A youth who had once fallen between the cracks of the system took custody of her life as thoughts of emancipation drove her to work her ILP program and reach for every opportunity within her grasp.
Ana Castaneda is not only the Clinic Administrator for USC Law School's Domestic Violence Clinic, since October of 2004 she has been embraced as the Advocacy Project Manager of Positive Resistance, speaking her truth in public, and proving, once again, that nothing is final.
On April 2, 2005, both L.A. and Orange County foster youth learned practical and empowering life skills at the workshop "Thinking About Emancipation" held by the Orangewood Children's Foundation. Keariene Muizz, the Executive Director said, "It's important for foster alumni to return to the community -we hold the key, and can unlock possibilities for youth still in the situations we faced."
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| It's My Life: Employment Guide available at www.casey.org |
04/13/05 |
Career and employment success for young people from foster care is rooted in an ongoing journey connecting parents, caregivers, friends, mentors, advocates, communities, schools, and employers. Specific tools and strategies can help in this process. Expanding on the It’s My Life transition framework, this practical, concise handbook is intended for child welfare professionals and others responsible for helping young people prepare for transition to adulthood and the workplace. The guide is now available at http://www.casey.org/Resources/Publications/ItsMyLifeEmployment.htm.
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| Help Former Foster Youth Serving in Iraq |
02/13/05 |
The National Foster Care Coalition is partnering with the USO to develop a support network for former foster youth serving in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| New Publication: A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System |
02/13/05 |
The Child Welfare League of America has publiched "A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System," a comprehensive resource that answers many of the questions families face when they become involved with the child welfare system.
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