Organizational Development

Each Thursday in April our blog posts will focus on the theme “Throw-Back Thursday” and I will share past blog posts with you.    Today’s Throw-Back Thursday theme is “youth in transition”.   When I speak of youth in transition I am speaking of those young people who are just entering adulthood and exiting the […]

“I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less preparing the path for the youth.” -Ben Lindsey   Welcome to part III in our blog series “Why Every Teen In Foster Care Needs A Portfolio”.    Packaged For Success™ is not just a portfolio development program – it

 Welcome to part II in our blog series “Why Every Teen In Foster Care Needs A Portfolio”.   If you haven’t had a chance to check out part I in the series you can do that right here.   Our Packaged For Success™ Youth Portfolio Development Program helps foster teens put their best foot forward!

Our Packaged For Success™ Youth Portfolio Development Program helps foster teens put their best foot forward! During our professional portfolio development seminar, youth discover their strengths, record their achievements, create their own definition of success, and plan their future.  The end result is a completed professional portfolio complete with employment tools, academic records, and documentation

Today is the first day of spring and April is on the way.  You’re probably wondering why I am so excited about April.  Well…   My birthday is in April and this year is a VERY special one for ME.  I will be celebrating my birthday by kicking off our Pack A Backpack Drive on

FACT – There is no such thing as a perfect family.   Every relationship and every family has challenges.  Miscommunication, temporary disconnection, hurt feelings, and anger are normal.  It’s how we deal with these issues that matters most.  The goal should be to ensure that we don’t let them take over our lives and ruin

Raising awareness about the need to help teenagers in foster care ‘secure’ a forever family through adoption or to help them develop a support system of caring adults who will assist them after their foster care services end is essential to improving their quality of life. I am honored to have been featured as a foster care

Years ago I was employed as a Family Support Worker in a community-based organization in a section of the city with the highest poverty, teen pregnancy, HIV/STI, drop out, and unemployment rates. Before each family received services I was required to do a home visit. Some of my clients were teen parents and others were

Each year, an estimated 20,000 young people “age out” of the U.S. foster care system. Many are only 18 years old, have not experienced consistent nurturing and stability, and still need support and services. Several foster care alumni studies show that without a lifelong connection to a caring adult, these older youth face challenges to

Happy President’s Day!   What If Our President Was a Foster Care Alumni? If the President of the United States was a foster care alumni would 21 become the age that youth exit foster care nationwide? If our President was a foster care alumni would local agencies receives more and not less funding for child