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Uploaded by on Sep 8, 2006

The Ups and Downs of Foster Care
Hear me roar! The Independent Living Program is a huge joke and nightmare! Counties and those who run them will claim it is successful. The only successful Independent Living Program for most foster youth is prison. There are many promises in foster care that are never kept. I have first hand knolwedge that this program is a waste of millions and millions of dollars. The answer is simple. Keep kids in care longer. Support adoption of teens longer. Have professional foster parents who know how to move teens into adulthood.

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  • I truly appreciate those political leaders who watched my vids and acted on them. There is change in the air. I also appologize that I have been way too busy to respond to all of my emails.

  • how much do you make?

  • The question is how much money your local and state agencies get for placing and keeping children in foster care. The front line people, foster parents, get little of the overall funding. Ask the huge economy feeding off foster children; family foster agencies, social workers, mental health workers, lawyers, non profits, and emancipation related programs. There are a lot of people in the shadows of a foster child. We often take care of former youth long after everybody is gone.

  • The best answer to your question: It is not enough for what we are asked to do.

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  • that was a GREAT video.i live in alaska,and there is a program called facing foster care in alaska that i have joined. i have gotten more information out of you than out of that program.thank you sooo much.i LOVE your videos!!

  • Coming from the South,I was shocked as a child when I moved to Cali and saw so many of my classmates in foster care! So many people in California were just throwing their children away literally! I knew more foster children than traditional family based homes.The children were done so wrong

  • man its fncked but I agree w/dude, I know 18,20+ up people that still act like kids and end up in jail. It makes me mad cuz the system doesn't really help or work for a lot of people...

  • The streets are filled with foster kids current and other "Graduates" ....

    Foster care and child protection are responsible for producing over 80% of the homeless population.

    Where are the others? Check your local jails.

  • Yes. That is the short answer. You will learn in your classes about protecting your children and bringing in the right child into your home. Make it a good "fit."

  • Why is being an idiot important to you?

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