With help from LifeSet specialists like Michelle Boyd, youth who age out of foster care have the opportunity to live successfully. Fox17 in Nashville spoke with Boyd and youth, Keion Wood, about their journey into her senior year at Middle Tennessee State University.
Tae’s freshman year in college didn’t go as planned. He was in the middle of the second semester at Johnson & Wales University, studying culinary science, when the COVID-19 crisis began.
New partnering agencies and private providers launched the LifeSet™ program in Connecticut and Illinois in the first months of 2020.
Young people who have experienced foster care have so much potential, but without support in their teens and early 20s, they may struggle to transition into adulthood…
Youth transitioning out of foster care often face unique challenges compared to their peers; they have needs that aren’t always identified or addressed…
Markese’s first car is a real fixer upper. As he and his LifeSet specialist look over the 1990s-era Crown Victoria
When the Louisiana Legislature convened on March 9, one item on the table for consideration during the three-month session was a Bill of Rights for children and youth in the state’s foster care system…
Dr. Lindsay Pate, licensed psychologist and clinical services program manager at Youth Villages spoke with Focus Mid-South about good health practices and signs of depression in teens. “One of the things we commonly misinterpret at least for young people, is it’s not always the persistent sadness we think of as adult depression,” Dr. Pate said. Learn more about these signs and how to address them here.
Reagan tells WBIR News in Knoxville, TN about her journey entering and aging out of foster care. She’s now 19, co-president of a foster care support group, and on her way to study social work at the University of Tennessee.
McKinley used to be a rebellious youth, running away from home and in and out of trouble with the law…