/tags/foster-care-system Foster Care System en-US Copyright Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:28:06 GMT /news/2024-12-20/crossnore-communities-for-children-gets-millions-in-funding-to-expand-its-program-across-nc The Winston-Salem-based nonprofit received funding to expand its Bridging Families program aimed at reuniting kids with their families. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:28:06 GMT /news/2024-12-20/crossnore-communities-for-children-gets-millions-in-funding-to-expand-its-program-across-nc Sharryse Piggott /news/2024-05-21/foster-home-shortage-wake-county-recruit-parents Over 400 youth in North Carolina have not been placed in foster homes. Wake County is working to change that by launching a video series featuring foster families and their experience. Tue, 21 May 2024 21:35:17 GMT /news/2024-05-21/foster-home-shortage-wake-county-recruit-parents Sharryse Piggott /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-07-16/foster-care-family-friends-romance-dating-aging-out Once kids in the foster care system become legal adults, they’re often out on their own to find housing, jobs, and education. But they are also redefining healthy relationships in the aftermath of complicated relationships with parents and family life. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:02:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-07-16/foster-care-family-friends-romance-dating-aging-out Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-08-05/aged-out-life-after-foster-care-youth-family-relationships Anita had a terrible 18th birthday (she'll tell you later), but not much changed for her when she legally became an adult. For tens of thousands of young folks in the U.S. each year who turn 18 while in foster care, "legal adulthood" brings a slew of new challenges. Two women who aged out of foster care tell Anita about their experiences and how they informed the relationships they're building today. Plus, she meets someone who's seen the foster care system from both sides — as a kid, and as a foster parent. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:39:11 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-08-05/aged-out-life-after-foster-care-youth-family-relationships Kaia Findlay, Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /news/2020-12-28/greensboro-organization-looks-to-close-gap-in-foster-care-placement-system Since August, 23 kids have called a three-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Greensboro home. It's spacious, quiet and full of toys, books and has a fully… Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:48:36 GMT /news/2020-12-28/greensboro-organization-looks-to-close-gap-in-foster-care-placement-system Naomi P. Brown /show/the-state-of-things/2016-04-27/life-after-foster-care More than 400,000 children in the United States are living in foster care. The statistics about what happens to these children later in life are… Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:01:05 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-04-27/life-after-foster-care Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /health/2016-04-27/life-after-foster-care More than 400,000 children in the United States are living in foster care. The statistics about what happens to these children later in life are… Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:01:05 GMT /health/2016-04-27/life-after-foster-care Anita Rao, Frank Stasio