The Family Reunification Deadline Sheds Light On Another Broken System: Foster Care
Family separation is nothing new. It happened to me too.
Foster Care
Awards Season: Youth Radio Brings Home Edward R. Murrow, New York Festival Awards
The latest awards for our student-led reporting.
5 Celebs Who Went From Foster Care To Famous
These five successful people transcended their challenging beginnings and went on to greatness.
What Love Is, In the Words of Foster Youth
Fostering Media Connections (FMC) launched its first-ever Youth Voice nonfiction writing contest and invited current and former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 24 to submit essays on the theme “What love is.”
Degree Interrupted: From Foster Care To College
“[At 23], I definitely feel like an old lady being a freshman surrounded by 19-year-olds, but it’s crazy to look back and see how far I’ve come.”
A Former Foster Youth Explains “Respite Care”
Former foster youth Noel Anaya explains “respite care” — when your foster family gets a break from YOU.
When Caring For Siblings Comes At A Cost
Orphaned in Rwanda, Mariam was forced to take care of her stepmom’s kids while she was just a child herself. Part two of our series “Sibling Stories.”
Youth Radio Wins Third Coast Award
We are pleased to share that Noel Anaya’s “Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms” has…
I Was Adopted Into A White Family
As a kid, I didn’t care that my adopted mom was a different race than me. But as I got older, race became more important.