Sarah Wasch Weyer

#childwelfare #fostercare #youth #socialwork #philly

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

I mean, this would be awesome if they weren’t already required to provide transportation by federal law 🤦‍♀️ https://t.co/tWMpmLKvlc

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

Just downloaded @WhovaSupport App for this week’s @REFCAtreehouse Conference created by lived-experience #fostercare leaders! Surprised to see so many #childwelfare scholars sitting this one out, but can’t wait to network with those who are there 💙

https://t.co/2tL9R90cCe

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

I’m hesitant to even link to something so disingenuous. But I’m happy to engage in a conversation about why I’m so passionate about college access work.

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

I don’t think anyone said it was magic. But it sure sounds like a bad initiative when it’s presented as if we expect it to fix all of foster care’s problems. [Narrator: Advocates already know that it won’t. It’s just one intervention/idea]

[Naomi Schaefer Riley @NaomiSRiley]

College is not magic. Universities cannot make up for 13 years of bad schools or parents who don’t even bother sending their kids to school on a regular basis. https://t.co/NOALqRGDpN @AEI @IWF

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

@NaomiSRiley @AEI @IWF But you must believe in the value of a college degree - you went to @Harvard! We hope to support high achieving youth with their post-secondary goals, not make college the next step for all who #ageout.

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

Looks like @PhilaParking just ticketed the whole 2300 block of Christian for street cleaning even tho it’s not a marked/signed block! Yikes.

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

Survey opportunity for US #fosterparents
https://t.co/fVJq5CKNhA

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

@DrSebrena @UA_SocialWork Congratulations! So well deserved!

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

I find similar reporting happening with all types of #ChildWelfare matters. What you read in the public media is often a gross misrepresentation of what CPS, foster care, or system involvement actually is.

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

This article is a great example on how the @nytimes coverage of Indigenous issues doesn’t meet the basic standards of journalism. This article grossly misrepresents what happened in the underlying custody cases and the people behind the lawsuit.

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

A nationally applicable #Adoption Course from a good friend locally.
Check out "Transracial Adoption 101" https://t.co/80tcZEoctC @Eventbrite
#Philadelphia #TAP

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

Do you have direct experience with the #fostercare system? @resolvephilly is pursuing solutions to the inequities & harms in the child welfare system and needs your help. Interested? Contact [email protected] by Oct 10 to apply.
https://t.co/W2lJZXFZnA

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

Interesting to see a whole child welfare system admit that a 12 year experiment in privatization did not work for children and families.

https://t.co/oXDkRrizAR via @owhnews

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

A @PennMedicine comedy: Make [my 4th] call about an incorrect bill. Volunteer to take customer survey. Wonderful rep can’t fix the fact that my PCP visit is being billed as a specialist visit. Receive survey callback…that promptly crashes. Sneaky way to avoid the feedback!

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

@awgiles1115 @NCDOT_NC12 Nope! They were moving a house down the road! Traffic closed both ways! Open now.

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

My small soap box of today:

"I have two children of my own" shows once again how adoption becomes a misunderstood feel-good talking point.

If you adopt a child, they are your own now too. (But since you wouldn't actually feel that way, I guess I'm glad you "weren't able to.")

[Jason Selvig @jasonselvig]

Asking people with a “choose adoption” sign if they chose to adopt.

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

@QuantStratTradR @HenrichDeborah @jasonselvig I'll take your Q at face value, & provide an honest answer:

"None. I have two bio kids"

"I didn't adopt. Gave birth to 2 kids"

It's not wordier, & if you know someone doing this well, who actually has bio & adopted child(ren), the phrase "my own" wouldn't even come to mind.

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

Your #adoption and #fostercare reactions aren't the hot takes you think they are #RoeVWade

[Sarah Wasch Weyer @SarahWaschMSW]

May is actually #NationalFosterCareMonth and I'm put off by the diversion of awareness-raising for foster care issues in general to praise for foster parents. https://t.co/1xf0mk4JMr

[13 WREX @13WREX]

May is Foster Parent Appreciation Month, a time to honor a celebrate thousands of foster families across the state providing temporary safe care for children, as well as encourage Illinoisians to become foster families. https://t.co/wUaMTJ1In0