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"If funding is not restored, services will be cut to over 1300 students in foster care beginning July 1"
WA folks, pls use the link above to contact your reps and support these kids 
#seattle #fostercare #washington
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The #fostercare org that I support and volunteer with just lost 1/3 of its funding 
if you live in WA pls use this link to contact your state reps & also pls consider donating to support these already marginalized kids if you can boosts appreciated #seattle #Washington #treehouseforkids
https://www.treehouseforkids.org/take-action/advocate/advocacy-action-center/#/
#Washington and #seattle : a critical update from
#treehouseforkids concerning kids experiencing #fostercare in our state
This very cool org I support and volunteer with had 1/3 of its budget cut
Pls advocate for these kids at www.treehouseforkids.org/advocacy
Boosts appreciated
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The toddler, Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal, remains in #FosterCare in the #US, acc/to the #DHS. Ofcls said in a statement that the #child was removed from her parents & from the manifest of her mother’s #deportation plane for her own “safety & welfare.” [?]
The #Trump admin claims the girl’s parents are members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang, but it has not offered evidence to back this up.
New on the blog: Ever since Fulton was decided in 2021, the right has been accelerating plans to dismantle protections for LGBTQ young people in adoption and foster care. In 2023, this kicked into overdrive after Biden announced new guidelines. Now Project 2025 aims to repurpose these systems as tools of conversion. #Trans #FosterCare #SocialWork #Adoption #Transgender #lgbtq #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids
Jessica KantThe battle over trans youth in social services — Jessica KantFor many years, the social services have been an under-reported battleground in the fight over LGBTQ youth. Spanning adoption, foster care, and the systems most frequently referred to as “child protection” and “child welfare”, social services straddle the line between public and private more than an
Although U.S. adoptions via #fosterCare and other countries have been declining from 2019 to 2022, annual private domestic adoptions have slightly increased.
https://adoptioncouncil.org/research/adoption-by-the-numbers/
#Adoption data for 2023 will be particularly interesting, given the 2022 #Dobbs decision.
A #Writing question for anyone familiar with the US #FosterCare system:
If a child looses their parents in a fire what would happen in the next few days?
I'm assuming:
- kid goes to police station
- social worker comes
- waits until they know what happened to parents or it's going to be too long of a wait
- social worker takes kid to foster home
- social worker starts looking for family once they're sure parent's are dead / unable to care for the kid.
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"mental health counseling, behavioral health interventions for adolescents, services for people living with disabilities, foster care and adoption services, and resettlement accompaniment and services for legally present immigrants and refugees.”
#Trump #Musk #ELCA #Iowa #LutheranServices #education #families #children #disabilities #MentalHealth #adoption #FosterCare #immigrants #refugees
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"Shutting down federal grant payments puts Lutheran Services in Iowa employees and their families at risk along with the clients and families that rely on the array of services provided, including early childhood education and parental support,"
#Trump #Musk #ELCA #Iowa #LutheranServices #education #families #children #disabilities #MentalHealth #adoption #FosterCare #immigrants #refugees
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In more than 700 cases over five years, #Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found.
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
#News #FosterCare #Children #Family #Parents #Housing #Poverty
(Published Jan. 2024)
https://propub.li/3BJEtrk
ProPublicaWhen Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
More from 
ProPublica
Some Oklahoma parents turn kids over to the state after struggling to get mental health care for them #Oklahoma #TheFrontier #MentalHealth #FosterCare
https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/some-oklahoma-parents-turn-kids-over-to-the-state-after-struggling-to-get-mental-health-care-for-them/
The FrontierSome Oklahoma parents turn kids over to the state after struggling to get mental health care for them
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#NancyMace gets prominent #fostercare #activist #arrested on #assault #charges that #eyewitnesses #dispute.
#JamesMcIntyre merely shook her hand at an #event and asked her to consider #TransKids before she got him #arrested, #witnesses said.
https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-disputed-assault-claims
Advocate.com · Nancy Mace’s assault claim against ‘pro-trans man’ disputed
#Transphobic #Republican Rep. #NancyMace falsely claims She Was “#Physically #Accosted” by a #TransRights #Activist, but #Witnesses disagree.
#Witnesses say a #fostercare #advocate gave Mace a normal #handshake and said "#trans people in #fostercare need your #support"
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Police #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #NoPoliceAtPride
https://www.them.us/story/nancy-mace-physically-accosted-claim-james-mcintyre-arrest
Them. · Rep. Nancy Mace Claims She Was “Physically Accosted” by a Trans Rights Activist. Witnesses Say That’s Not What Happened
Child Identity Theft Is a Huge Problem. The Solutions Are Simple. #ShoshanaWeissmann #TheDispatch #IdentityTheft #IRS #SocialSecurityAdministration #FosterCare
https://thedispatch.com/article/child-identity-theft-is-a-huge-problem-the-solutions-are-simple/
The Dispatch · Child Identity Theft Is a Huge Problem. The Solutions Are Simple.
Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute
https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-disputed-assault-claims #NancyMace #Lies #Republicans #GOP #FosterCare #LGBTQ
Advocate.com · Nancy Mace’s assault claim against ‘pro-trans man’ disputed
I've just been informed my that #treehouseforkids #holidaymagic fundraiser has
DONATION MATCHING
at the moment, so a $5 donation for kids experiencing #fostercare automatically becomes $10 if you were considering donating pls take this as your sign 
Boosts appreciated
https://engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/5908815
#seattle #washington #fundraiser
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A sample of the #books I'm taking to the #treehouseforkids library for kids experiencing #fostercare and their caregivers
https://engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/5908815
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Thank you so much for your donations to #treehouseforkids Emily and Anon!
Link to donate to Treehouse #HolidayMagic and kids experiencing #fostercare:
https://engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/5908815
(Images show screenshots of notifications from the fundraising page. Emily donated $20. Anonymous donated $10. Alt text wasn't working when I posted this)
#Seattle #Washington
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Thrilled that I won't be spending my birthday in the dark with no heat 
now that I'm back online, I can focus on how I donated my birthday to #treehouseforkids & kids experiencing #fostercare
If you'd like to make my day & a kid's day too: https://engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/5908815
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