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45 Suggested Supports for Youth Transitioning From Care

By |2019-10-25T13:17:39-04:00October 18th, 2019|

“Permanency is a feeling that is different for everyone, it is not bound by time nor can it be measured. It has to be discovered and often times it has to be tested, and rejected more than once before permanency can be established. Permanency is so hard to understand because it is a conceptual idea of an emotion and is received on both ends very differently for every person. There is no straight “by the book” definition of permanency because the emotions I feel cannot be felt by anyone else, and that’s the great thing about it.”

Young Adults Leaving Home

By |2019-10-25T13:15:58-04:00August 19th, 2015|

One of the chief emotional issues adoptees face throughout their lives is learning how to cope effectively with the feelings that are associated with separation and loss. Leaving home is the ultimate separation, and not only has its own complicated challenges, but can trigger all of the feelings the adoptee may have about their own separation from the birth family and subsequent separations from foster families.

Youth Success NYC – A Resource for Youth in Care and After Care

By |2019-10-25T13:15:58-04:00August 19th, 2015|

In the foster care system in New York, everyone ages out at 21, whether he or she likes it or not. No more nursing from the system, no more free room and board, and no more depending on others to make your life easier! It’s time to spread your wings and leave the nest. Time to go out and earn yourself a decent living."

FLUX—Life After Foster Care; Book and Trainings

By |2019-10-25T13:15:58-04:00August 19th, 2015|

Flux: Life After Foster Care is a real labor of love from more than 100 members of the alumni community to our younger brothers and sisters in care who are facing the transition from foster care to adulthood. Bulk orders and Flux Trainings ideal for foster youth, parents, and child welfare advocates

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