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, ...
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, ...
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, ...
WBIW

Teens and young adults who have spent time in foster care share policy priorities with state lawmakers

INDIANA – Foster Success program participants and leaders met with members of the Indiana General Assembly today for the ...
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

“A long bridge”: These programs can help foster care youth attend — and succeed at — college

Foster care youth are oftentimes less likely to receive an education beyond high school than their peers. These Pa. programs ...
WYFF

President Trump signs foster care executive order, Upstate program reacts

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THURSDAY TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO FOSTER CARE YOUTH. AND THIS ORDER IS PART OF FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP’S BE BEST INITIATIVE, AND IT ESTABLISHES ...