Posts in Topic: Fostering
How 'Shadow' Foster Care is Tearing Families Apart

It would take years before Molly and Heaven would learn that neither of them was ever in the foster system. Instead, caseworkers had diverted them to what some scholars call “hidden foster care” or “shadow foster care,” in which the legal protections of the formal system disappear. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/magazine/shadow-foster-care.html (CEU credit: 0.5 to 1.0 hours)

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Helping Youth Succeed: A Former Foster Youth's Story

This is part one of a two-part series. In this half you will hear Michael describe his experiences with the foster care system and Rhode Island CASA and share how he was able to overcome the odds. In part two you will hear from the two men who helped Michael get where he is today. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/helping_youth_succeed_a_former_foster_youth_s_story (CEU Credit: 0.25 hours)

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