WBIW

Foster Success awarded $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand credit build program

Foster Success has been awarded a $400,000 Springboard Prize for Child Welfare to expand its innovative Credit Build Program, ...
WUNC

The percentage of foster youth who earn degrees is low. A program aims to change that

People who grew up in foster care earn college degrees at rates far lower than the general population. A program in Virginia for former foster youth aims to change that. Its goal is to support college ...
Billy Penn

‘A long bridge’: These programs can help foster care youth attend — and succeed at — college

Foster care youth are oftentimes less likely to receive an education beyond high school than their peers. These Pa. programs ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

No Child Too Old: New Group Aids Foster Care Placements

A new consortium of private adoption agencies, led by the Maryland-based Barker Adoption Foundation, aims to increase ...
KAIT

Former foster shares importance of teen adoptions

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) — Nona Saulnier entered foster care at 17 along with her two younger siblings and aged out in August after turning 21. In a K8 News interview, she emphasized how crucial it is ...