Ally & Advocate for Youth in Care

Champion of the underdog. Ally to all seeking equity & justice. Advocate for youth & families with a focus on foster, kinship, fictive kin & hidden foster care.

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The United Coalition For US Child Welfare Reform consists of those with lived experience, advocates, & experts on the effects of trauma and the US Child Welfare System with a focus on prevention. https://t.co/fqBnqzFnNf… #FosterCare #ChildWelfare #KinshipCare #Group #Support

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The time for US #ChildWelfare #Reform is NOW.
Will you join the fight to create an equitable, just, and safe system for all? #Fostercare

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#Kinshipcare #Reform #Grandfamilies #FictiveKin

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What reforms do you want to see to support #Fosteryouth
#Childwelfaresystem
#reformsnow

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Stop the Forcible Separation of US Families in Poverty - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/ooL7eIJRkZ via @Change

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>Studies show the #1 deterrent to child abuse and neglect is to provide low-income families with services >Over 70% of youth in foster care could have safely remained with their family had the family received basic support services [AFCARS Report FY 2022]

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@shaneharrisnow @fox5sandiego @shaneharrisnow
>Studies show the #1 deterrent to child abuse and neglect is to provide low-income families with services
>Over 70% of youth in foster care could have safely remained with their family had the family received basic support services [AFCARS Report FY 2022]

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@shaneharrisnow @fox5sandiego @shaneharrisnow

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@shaneharrisnow @fox5sandiego @shaneharrisnow We would love for you to join our US Child Welfare Reform Thinktank Group: United Coalition For US Child Welfare Reform (UCUCWR)
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@RonFilipkowski 50% of girls in foster care become pregnant by the age of 19, with roughly a third of 17-year-old girls in the system currently pregnant
50% of teen moms in foster care lose custody of babies before their second birthday
70% will become pregnant before the age of 21