Raynard Price “Ask A Foster Parent Anything” – Prison
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The Ups and Downs of Foster Care |
The Ups and Downs of Foster Care
Hear me roar! The Independent Living Program is a huge joke and nightmare! Counties and those who run them will claim it is successful. The only successful Independent Living Program for most foster youth is prison. There are many promises in foster care that are never kept. I have first hand knolwedge that this program is a waste of millions and millions of dollars. The answer is simple. Keep kids in care longer. Support adoption of teens longer. Have professional foster parents who know how to move teens into adulthood.
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I truly appreciate those political leaders who watched my vids and acted on them. There is change in the air. I also appologize that I have been way too busy to respond to all of my emails.
Coming from the South,I was shocked as a child when I moved to Cali and saw so many of my classmates in foster care! So many people in California were just throwing their children away literally! I knew more foster children than traditional family based homes.The children were done so wrong
man its fncked but I agree w/dude, I know 18,20+ up people that still act like kids and end up in jail. It makes me mad cuz the system doesn’t really help or work for a lot of people…
The streets are filled with foster kids current and other “Graduates” ….
Foster care and child protection are responsible for producing over 80% of the homeless population.
Where are the others? Check your local jails.
Yes. That is the short answer. You will learn in your classes about protecting your children and bringing in the right child into your home. Make it a good “fit.”
Why is being an idiot important to you?
The best answer to your question: It is not enough for what we are asked to do.
The question is how much money your local and state agencies get for placing and keeping children in foster care. The front line people, foster parents, get little of the overall funding. Ask the huge economy feeding off foster children; family foster agencies, social workers, mental health workers, lawyers, non profits, and emancipation related programs. There are a lot of people in the shadows of a foster child. We often take care of former youth long after everybody is gone.
how much do you make?
Side note: In the state of Maine, I was fingerprinted when I entered the system, I am not sure if that is normal. Thank you for talking about these issues, there is so little conversation about them.
-Dominique
I do agree that foster care should last longer then up to age 18. However, what about the large number of abusive foster homes? I am frightened to think of the effect of making these abuses long-term. I know that alot of my foster homes were abusive and I know that a close person to me was molested in every home he was in. I feel that alot of times foster care can worsen the childs life by making them vulnerable to strangers who may or may not be qualified to take care of them.
Thank you dominick. Feel free to email me at anytime at rvprice@aol.com. Your comments are important to me.
i really thought this was a well in depth information about forster care. i was in foster care for roughly 10 years and i knew how bureaucratic this system is getting. if you (the host) get the chance to see who i am google me at this name
dominick freeman
i hope it gets you an in depth on what i’m doing as an advocate for homelessness prevention
thank you.
dominick freeman