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I entered the foster care system when I was eight years old. My mother simply left the house one rainy evening. I didn’t know what to do, so I went...

Entering foster care
Family relationships

Each year, more than 650 Michigan youth “age out” of foster care, leaving the system with no permanent family or place to call home. When I aged out, I was...

Transition (aging out)

I want to share with you the things I really learned from experience and intensive thinking about life and relationships with people - you have to learn life for yourself...

Change is life -- it is the emotions that rush through our bodies while mentally preparing for an unforeseen yet expected challenge-- it is that tight grip on one's own...

Passed unanimously by both Houses of Congress in September, 2008, the bipartisan Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act represents the most significant reform of the nation's child welfare...

Adoption

Cheers to new adventures and past experiences! Along my journey I have gotten to meet some amazing people in the Oregon Child Welfare system and today I want to recognize...

I see many things as I look at the world today. The seasons seem to change slower for me this year. And yet I can say I am learning more...

I have a great honor to attend a couple of conferences with FosterClub since the summer has ended. I am really at a lost for words as I try to...

Transitioning out of foster care can be a scary journey if you are not prepared. FosterClub recommends these 21 things every foster youth should do before they exit out of...

Transition (aging out)
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I screamed out my sister’s name, tears cascading down my face, reaching for her out-stretched arm. But my four-year-old hand slipped from her fingers. My drunken biological mother was pulling...

Sibling separation
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