“Twelve-year-old Paula Kyle was still mourning the death of her mother a little over a year before when, in 1974, she found herself riding down the road in a stranger’s […]
Establishing permanent connections for young people is essential to ensuring their success. This guide helps young people understand and prepare for permanency by providing: a youth friendly [...]
Motivate teens in care to apply to and thrive in college. In these stories, teens describe how persistence and resourcefulness help them overcome the challenges that foster care can pose […]
Derek Clark knows firsthand the trials of a hard-knock life. This book is based upon his childhood experience of parental abandonment, his life as a troubled youth and how he […]
At 37 years old, Derek stands 6 foot 5 inches and has a voice resonating with a singular passion due to a life of coping with adversity and overcoming hardship. […]
On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking […]
What do you need to meet the needs of the children in your care? Each child will be unique and require a different set of tools in your toolbox. Covering […]
Over 600,000 American children are in the foster care system each year, and the number is growing. So is the number of good-hearted people willing to become foster parents. But […]
Derek Clark’s story is one of resilience and redeption. Derek spent 13 years in the foster care system. Before entering foster care, Derek suffered unthinkable child abuse, abandonment and [...]
Girls in foster care are 2.5 times more likely to get pregnant than girls in general. Almost half of girls in foster care have been pregnant at least once by […]
