The Inconvenient Truth
In my life, I have searched for many things. I have sought out love. I have tried to find peace. But more than anything, it seems like my life …
Texas to Expand Privatized Foster Care to More Counties
Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is moving forward with its privatization of foster care in 30 new counties across the state. The “community-based care” model allows …
Choices And Consequences
Not everybody wants the same things; nor do people who do want the same things want them to the same degree. Take yesterday. So there I was on day …
Apprenticeships, A Favorite of Trump Administration, Carry Major Potential for Foster Youth
This past spring, Washington became the first state in the nation to pass legislation specifically designed to help foster youth access apprenticeship opportunities, which offer a steady path to …
Invested Trust. What Is It And Why Should You Care?
I’d like you to pause for a moment and think about the people you rely on in your personal life; whether it’s a home renovation contractor, someone you consult …
Child Welfare, Human Services Execs Slam Trump for Border Separations
Leaders from some of the nation’s largest domestic human service providers strongly condemned the Trump administration’s policy of removing children from asylum-seeking parents arriving at the border. “On behalf …
My Friend Kathleen
Tanya Winje, FCNI StaffVoice of an FCNI Staff“Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope.” -Christine Gregorie It is a hard life …
Dear Mom: How I’m Feeling (Please Read)
Hi mom. How are you? Me, I’m not so good. I want to talk with you about how I’ve felt for a long time now, but I keep putting …
Dear Dad
I thought about writing Jim instead. That is your name. It has been a while since I have thought of you as more than the person who spread his …
DONALD TRUMP’S CHILD HOSTAGES: What Trump is doing to migrant children is nothing like what the foster-care system does – except when it is.
The number of children separated from their parents at the border since April is almost equal to the number taken by U.S. child protective services (CPS) every three days.
