The Field Center Newsletter

July 2021 The Good Stuff In Child Welfare

Voter Engagement Symposium Energizes Child Welfare Advocates
Amplifying the Voices of Youth Experiencing & Aged Out of Foster Care During COVID-19 & Its Impact on Mental Health
Field Center Young Professionals Council Hosts Successful Virtual Zumba Fundraiser
Field Center Advisory Board Update
Reflections on Interdisciplinary Child Welfare Practice From an International Student
CHOP to Launch Adolescent Protection Collaborative Clinic for Sex Trafficked Youth
PhD Student Highlight
Field Center Recent Publications, Presentations & Grants
The Field Center in the Media

- Local Teen in Foster Care on Her Way to Harvard University
- Helping Young Adults Out of the Foster Care System (Iowa)
- iFoster Phone Program for Foster Youth Critical
- UCLA Receives $1 Million To Support Foster Youth In Bruin Guardian Scholars Program
- C.B. Community Schools Wins Impact100’s Philadelphia Core Mission Grant for Education

HUD Team Nominated for Sammie for Development of Innovative Housing Assistance Program for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Anonymous Donation of 400 Computers Will Give Foster Children Access to Technology
Innovative Program Aims to Find Home for Hard-to-Place Foster Youth during National Foster Care Awareness Month
Foster Care Caseworker Adopts 19-Year-Old Girl Who Aged Out of System
It Takes a Multigenerational Village to Raise Foster Kids
Travelpro® Partners with the She Ready Foundation for Foster Care Awareness Month to Donate Luggage to Youth in Foster Care
Darryl McDaniels’ Foster Care Charity Celebrates 15 Years: ‘A Kid’s Situation Doesn’t Define Them’
Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Partners with Nonprofits to Help Former Foster Kids go to College

This Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Nurse and Foster Mom Wins $100,000 to Help Foster Kids Separated from Their Siblings
Young Adults That Have Been in Foster Care Can Now Get Extra COVID-19 Relief
Nation’s Largest Evangelical Adoption Agency Will Allow Same-Sex Parents
8 States Join Learning Network Supporting Child and Family Well-Being Throughout The Pandemic
Casey Family Programs Statement on Confirmation of Congresswoman Deb Haaland as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Launch Innovative Bench Card Resource Center for Judiciary

New York’s Homeless, Foster and Jailed Teens Now Eligible for COVID Vaccine
Parent-Child Care program promotes importance of children’s mental health and positive relationships while teaching behavior management strategies
ACF Allocations Released for Chafee and Kinship Navigator Funds
‘Black Foster Youth Handbook’ Author Nominated for NAACP Image Award
A Philly High School for Students in the Child Welfare System

Fostering College Success in Pennsylvania Virtual Training Series Reaches Advocates Across the Commonwealth
Family Regulation Versus Family Support in Federal Child Welfare Legislation
The Experiences of Older Youth in & Aged Out of Foster Care During COVID-19
Field Center Advisory Board Update
Listening & Learning in National Adoption Month
Field Center Welcomes 2020-2021 Graduate Students
Field Center Recent Publications and Presentations
The Field Center in the Media