Foster Care

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The purpose of this project is to examine the connection between foster care and homelessness and to determine whether or not there is an over-representation of people with a foster care history in the homeless population. In order to examine this issue, the project used four sources of information: (1) existing research on the connection between foster care and homelessness; (2) data collected from organizations which serve homeless people and which gather information on their clients' foster care history; (3) data obtained directly from a sample of homeless people; and (4) case studies of people who are or were homeless and who have a foster care history. The principle findings of this study are as follows.

• There is an over-representation of people with a foster care history in the homeless population.
• Homeless people with a foster care history are more likely than other people to have their own children in foster care.
• Very frequently, people who are homeless had multiple placements as children: some were in foster care, but others were "unofficial" placements in the homes of family or friends.

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Serves as our primary communication tool with youth. This web site is a hub of information relating to foster care, including articles, q+a, message boards, contests, discussion of foster care topics, and even biographies of famous people who grew up in care. It’s the resource that's available to youth 24/7.

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We started teaching yoga at White Shield in 2003.

The girls at White Shield range in age from 12-17. We have been teaching the longest in the Wildflowers program, where girls come to live for up to 3 months while waiting to be moved elsewhere by the State foster care system.

We have just taught our first nutrition/cooking class at the Cottagew

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Youth Communications has published Foster Care Youth United, founded in 1993, a magazine written by and for young people in foster care.