Month: March 2022

Author: Kelly Monahan In the U.S. today there are over 400,000 children and youth in foster care.  In 2020, less than half of the children and youth discharged from foster care were reunified with their parents and approximately 20,000 young people “aged out” of foster care.  Aging out refers to the transition to adulthood for older… continue reading

Author: Eliana Schachter, J.D. & Elizabeth Kroll, M.A. The American Association of Pediatrics asserted that separating a child from her family “can cause irreparable harm, disrupting a child’s brain architecture and affecting his or her short- and long-term health. This type of prolonged exposure to serious stress—known as toxic stress—can carry lifelong consequences for children.” Further, of… continue reading