by Foster Success | Feb 13, 2019 | News, Policy & Practice
Jill Sheridan writing for WFYI: Gov. Eric Holcomb says his public health priorities in this 2019 agenda will focus on children and families. A plan to improve the state’s the child welfare system is at the top of the list. An audit this year of Indiana’s...
by Foster Success | Dec 10, 2018 | News
Staff Report for the Indianapolis Recorder: Indiana will extend foster care to age 21 and independent living services to age 23. The move to extend these services comes after a recommendation from the Commission for Improving the Status of Children (CISC) and the...
by Foster Success | Nov 12, 2018 | News
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...
by Foster Success | May 4, 2017 | Policy & Practice
Jill Sheridan From ages 7 to 18, Katherine Peraza was a ward of the state, living with a foster family in Indianapolis for most of that time. At 19, she became pregnant. When she went to the doctor, she was hit with a surprise. “All of a sudden when I got...