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Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Kalina’s Story

Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Kalina’s Story

In the United States, 2.5 million children are currently in kinship care, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. This represents 3% of all children. In kinship care, relatives such as grandparents, siblings or extended family, raise children.

Tennessee program helps young adults aging out of foster care find success

Tennessee program helps young adults aging out of foster care find success

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Every year, nearly 20,000 young people age out of the foster care system across the country—more than 800 of them right here in Tennessee. Without a strong support system, many face overwhelming challenges, including homelessness, substance abuse, and incarceration.

Program in Greenville helps at-risk youth in the community

Program in Greenville helps at-risk youth in the community

The Youth Villages Intercept Program here in Greenville impacts at-risk youth in our community and across the state. The idea of “Intercept” is to reach kids who are at risk of being placed outside of the home, coming home from a foster care placement or mental health hospital and keeping them with their families in a healthy, successful living space.

Mentor relationships provide boosts for mentee, mentor

Mentor relationships provide boosts for mentee, mentor

When mentoring is mentioned, thoughts quickly go to being a friend or a buddy for a child or youth. Mentoring also conjures up images of playing board games, throwing a football or softball, going out to eat or doing arts and crafts.

Right help at the right time: Jasmin and Kayden reunited with Intercept

Right help at the right time: Jasmin and Kayden reunited with Intercept

Every year in the United States, only half of the number of children who enter the child welfare system are reunified with family. The goal of foster care is for families to be reunited after the necessary steps have been taken to ensure the well-being of the household.

LifeSet sets Ruby on the right track

LifeSet sets Ruby on the right track

Meet Ruby, a student at a local community college in Wilmington, North Carolina. She recently took a trip to Mexico to spend time with family, and she has plans to complete her bachelor’s degree in architecture at University of North Carolina-Charlotte after graduation.

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