I find this story absolutely sickening, deplorable and sadas this boy’s life may already be destroyed as well as the family that adopted him in hopes of giving him a better life.
To tell the adoptive parents that for him to get help he must be given up…and in the end the system will just let [...]
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I am a firm believer that though one may leave the foster care system the foster care system never leaves you.
One may go on with their lives, and they need to, but the system and one’s expereiences will always remain a part of you…one must learn however to not allow it to control them.
The article [...]
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I think it is important for foster youth or foster alumni to read and hear about others who have gome through the system who have made it, who have not proclaimed themselves as victims.
Therefore I was delighted when I read the article velow in the Idaho Statesmen and felt the need to share it here [...]
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From the mid 1850’s to to 1930 over 200,000 youth were moved by train across the United States. Many were adopted while others ended up in orphanages or other type of foster care.
In some cases their families knew of the move and in other cases the youth were just removed from the streets and placed [...]
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How could the system allow such a travesty to happen…and they wonder why youth involved with the system may turn out, in their words, bad! Do they think of the potential damage they are causing to this boy? Cases such as this absolutely disgusts me and is but more proof the system needs dramatic overhaul!!!
Law [...]
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It is about time a Federal Judge has stepped in and done something…of course if ASFA1997 were enforced by states this action would not be necessary!!
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Judge orders state to find homes for 500 kids
By CRAIG SCHNEIDER
Monday, December 15, 2008
A federal judge on Monday ordered the state child welfare agency to improve its efforts [...]
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