Organizational Development

I would be rich if I had a quarter for every time I heard someone describe Generation Y in a negative manner.  Young people have been tainted as selfish, entitled, lazy, and show offs.  It’s been said that the millennial generation is unable to spell and write well, concentrate for an extended period of time, […]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard the buzz about the ABC Family show television “The Fosters”. It is currently the second highest show on ABC Family and has been renewed for another season.   I was not impressed with the first couple of episodes. I was left wondering if the show was

In 2012, 36% of the nation’s young adults ages 18 to 31 were living in their parents’ home, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.  Past trauma and nonexistent, limited or strained support systems place foster youth at higher risk of unemployment, poor educational outcomes, health issues, early parenthood,

Welcome back to day 29 in our Get Hired job search blog series.  How many tips have you implemented this month?   Question of the Day: Do you remember your last high school science fair project and research paper? I am a huge proponent of education and because I understand that education can open doors

Welcome back to day 21 in our Get Hired job search blog series.    Question of the Day: How many of the previous 20 blogs in the series have you read? SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Get Hired blog series will become an ebook!   Get Hired Toolbox: 30 Ways To Land The Job Of Your Dreams

We more than doubled our National Foster Care Awareness Month Second Annual Pack A Backpack Drive goal and collected 210 backpacks (duffel bags and knapsacks) filled with personal hygiene items to teen males in foster homes, group homes, and homeless shelters during the months of May and June 2013. (Our goal was 80.) The backpacks

I was “flipping” through my blog and realized that I use quite a few different adjectives to describe teens in foster care. Brave, awesome, and resilient are the first adjectives I rediscovered. I said it and I mean it. I am on a mission to change societal attitudes and behaviors as it relates to youth

I saw the first episode of Family Addition with Leigh Anne Touhy this past Friday and the second episode of The Fosters on Monday. The question that I asked myself after each television show was “Did this make me want to help a child in the foster care system?” I am a very critical viewer

There have been various studies and comparisons of foster children and military children.  The bottom line is that they are all OUR children and deserve the care and concern of the entire nation.      Just like foster children, military children experience unique challenges such as parental separation, family reunification, and reintegration. Due to frequent