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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...
Indiana bill would require sharing school data on homeless and foster care youths
Bill seeks sharing of homeless, foster care youths' data Margaret Fosmoe writing for the Southbend Tribune: Children who are in foster care or homeless are far less likely to consistently attend school, graduate or go on to college. A bill moving through the Indiana...
Indiana has thousands of foster kids, but knows little about their education. This bill could change that
Shaina Cavazos writing for Chalkbeat Indiana: Foster children in Indiana – and across the country – likely won’t graduate from high school, and very few of them will go on to college. But foster children are rarely included in state-level discussions about how Indiana...
Proposed Indiana bill pushes for closer monitoring of foster kids’ education
Gabby Gonzalez writing for Fox59: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A bill being considered a the statehouse would push the Indiana Department of Education and the Department of Child Services to more closely track how foster children are doing in schools around the state. House...
Tamika Catchings speaks at benefit for youth in foster care
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Tamika Catchings spoke ata benefit for foster youth. The event, held Thursday evening, was put on by Foster Success.
New Program Helps Foster Youth Transition into College
About 50 students are moving into dorms at this summer to gain helpful insight to financial literacy, math, English, skills building, and more.
