Mary Kuhlman writing for Public News Service: INDIANAPOLIS — New research uncovers the instability faced by Indiana youth in foster care, and the resulting negative outcomes experienced during their transition to adulthood. Fostering Youth Transitions, a data brief...
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Indiana trailing on foster care
Helps less with shift to adulthood, study says Matthew LeBlanc writing for The Journal Gazette: Many children in foster care in Indiana lack access to important services they need to shift from state care to independent adulthood, according to a new report. The report...
Indiana Foster Youth Honored With National Award
Jill Sheridan writing for WFYI: An Indiana foster youth has been recognized with a national award from the Department of Health and Human Services. Joshua Christian will receive the Adoption Excellence Award in Washington D.C. this month. Indiana Public...
Indiana Foster Youth to Receive National Award
Tara Twigg writing for Inside Indiana Business: Indiana foster youth Joshua Christian has been recognized for his advocacy by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is a junior at Marian University, a member of the Indiana Youth Advisory Board and a...
Supporting the Potential of Indiana Foster Students
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Community Connection Thursday June 28
Written for WTLC-AM: Indiana Connected By 25 Helping those transition out of the Foster care System and into the Community In Studio Guest: President/Chief Executive Officer – Brent Kent “Indiana Connected by 25, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that...
DCS plans to expand services for foster youth from age 21 to 23
Gabby Gonzalez writing for CBS 4: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – As Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) leaders work to fix the problems plaguing the agency, the director announced plans to offer more support to kids in the system. They are working to expand services for...
Indiana foster youths talk about handling the future
David Williams writing for WISH: INDIANAPOLIS - Foster youth from around the state gathered Thursday for some serious talks about what happens after they reach an age where they have to leave the system. The goal was to teach the children who "age out" of the system...
Indiana’s Strained Child Welfare System
Sara Wittmeyer writing for WFYI: The number of kids in Indiana’s child welfare system is soaring. It’s doubled in the last five years to more than 29,000 kids. There aren’t enough foster homes in the state, putting more pressure on the Department of Child Services....
Foster care support group receives Glick grant
Staff Report written for the Statehouse File: INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana Connected by 25 has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Glick Fund to support its efforts to improve education outcomes for K-12 youth in foster care. Only 43 percent of foster children in Indiana earn...
