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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…