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Fargo/Moorhead Youth Fill the Dome Project Exceeds Goal!
My blog normally includes articles written by me or others I find on the Internet about foster care, thus the title of my blog. However I am so proud of the youth here in my hometown community of Farg… more →
Reflections of a Foster Youth
Fargo/Moorhead Youth Fill the Dome Project Exceeds Goal!
prairieguy wrote 4 days ago: My blog normally includes articles written by me or others I find on the Internet about foster care, … more →
Thanksgiving for Former Foster Youth
prairieguy wrote 4 days ago: I wish possibilities like this event had been possible back when I aged out of the system back in 19 … more →
Newsflash: The System Isn't Perfect
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casagal wrote 1 week ago: As a CASA, I will be the first person to tell you that the System isn’t perfect. As Toni Lodge … more →
Resource Center Established to Help States Implement Foster Care Legislation
prairieguy wrote 1 month ago: A coalition of child welfare, adoption, healthcare, and education leaders has announced the launch o … more →
Some States do LITTLE for Older Youth in Foster Care to be Adopted
prairieguy wrote 1 month ago: Thed US Department of Health & Human Service Adminsitration for Children & Family Services h … more →
Boys Town Alumni Choir on Utube
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prairieguy wrote 3 months ago: This is the final of 3 blog entries in regards to the recent Boys Town Alumni Reunion Weekend (July … more →
One Can Return Home Again!!!
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prairieguy wrote 4 months ago: It has been said by many, including myself from time to time, that one cannot go home again. Well th … more →
A Return to Boys Town!!
prairieguy wrote 4 months ago: Early Thursday morning I will depart for Boys Town to attend my 40th class reunion. It is a trip I h … more →
Florida child-welfare employees put kids at risk!
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prairieguy wrote 4 months ago: Below is a recent article in the Orlando Sentinal. This situation is not unique to Florida. However, … more →
Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courtier
benjireid wrote 5 months ago: Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. Three Little Words: A Memoir. New York: Atheneum, 2008. 304p. In Three … more →
Children of the System
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prairieguy wrote 6 months ago: New research supports a radical shift in child-welfare policy for the thousands of teens who ‘ … more →
Sabotoged By the System
prairieguy wrote 6 months ago: Sabotaged By the System By Jesse Ellison | NEWSWEEK Published Feb 7, 2009 From the magazine issue da … more →
7 Yr. Old Foster Youth Hangs Himself!
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prairieguy wrote 7 months ago: Personal Note: When I read this article for the first time I cried for Gabriel. At age 7 he decided … more →
Adopted son subjected to years of abuse at the hands of his "mother"
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Gershom wrote 7 months ago: Every time I read a report like this… I cry. We need more than a moment of silence for all of … more →
Care Packages Replace Traditional Luggage
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prairieguy wrote 10 months ago: The article below recently appeared in the newspaper for a project I began: November 19th was a grea … more →
Teen Won't Let Foster Care be His Legacy!!!
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prairieguy wrote 10 months ago: I read this article in the Detroit Free Press the other evening after getting my daily “foster … more →
2008 A Bad Year for Foster Care...Prospects for 2009!!
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prairieguy wrote 11 months ago: A few hours ago we turned the final page, read the last paragraphs and finally closed the book ca … more →
Family Giving Up Custody of Abused Boy!
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prairieguy wrote 11 months ago: I find this story absolutely sickening, deplorable and sadas this boy’s life may already be de … more →
The Agony of Foster Care Does NOT End When You Leave It!
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prairieguy wrote 11 months ago: I am a firm believer that though one may leave the foster care system the foster care system never l … more →
