/tags/foster-care Foster Care 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/2024-10-08/foster-care-helene-donations-impacted-families-north-carolina The Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina is working in the western part of the state to provide resources to foster families affected by the storm. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:30:36 GMT /news/2024-10-08/foster-care-helene-donations-impacted-families-north-carolina Sharryse Piggott /news/2024-06-24/person-county-foster-home-shortage-more-pay-kids The county will soon provide incentive pay to encourage social service workers to stay after hours at Department of Social Services offices with children who don’t have a foster home to go to. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:13:05 GMT /news/2024-06-24/person-county-foster-home-shortage-more-pay-kids Sharryse Piggott /2024-02-08/state-launches-new-program-to-help-fund-county-foster-care-children-still-sleeping-in-dss-offices New state funding may help some of the region’s most vulnerable: children in foster care who live in social services offices because of a lack of foster family placements.The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the DSS Emergency Placement Fund to provide county departments of social services with resources to help children in their custody. Check out the breakdown of funding in WNC. Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:57:53 GMT /2024-02-08/state-launches-new-program-to-help-fund-county-foster-care-children-still-sleeping-in-dss-offices Lilly Knoepp /politics/2023-04-25/legislators-want-nc-to-stop-making-parents-pay-to-avoid-losing-their-kids State lawmakers want to make it easier for parents to regain custody of their kids from foster care. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 21:17:06 GMT /politics/2023-04-25/legislators-want-nc-to-stop-making-parents-pay-to-avoid-losing-their-kids Colin Campbell /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 /politics/2022-06-06/bill-would-create-statewide-health-coverage-for-children-in-foster-care House Bill 144 is part of the larger Medicaid transformation that has been taking place, technically independent from a proposal to expand Medicaid. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:56:15 GMT /politics/2022-06-06/bill-would-create-statewide-health-coverage-for-children-in-foster-care Jeff Tiberii /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 /education/2018-12-21/wake-tech-helps-students-age-out-of-foster-care-and-into-college Kimberleigh Thomas knows from experience how hard it is to move forward after aging out of foster care.“I didn't know what I wanted to do at 18,” Thomas… Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:18:11 GMT /education/2018-12-21/wake-tech-helps-students-age-out-of-foster-care-and-into-college Liz Schlemmer