Foster Kids, Our Kids explores issues surrounding foster care for teens. In
the United States today, there are over 500,000 children in foster care, many
of them teens. Rather than residing with their biological parents, they live
with relatives, trained foster parents or in residential facilities. They have
been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, death of a parent or
their own behavioral difficulties. One of the major issues facing teens in
foster care is the cessation of care and benefits when they reach the age of
18. Many are lacking the skills and support needed to survive successfully on
their own. Foster Kids, Our Kids includes candid interviews with current and
former foster teens, foster parents and Mark Courtney, Ph.D., co-author of the
report, "Foster Youth Transition to Adulthood," outline both the positive and
negative aspects of foster care. 30-minutes.
"... excellent for foster parenting training or for use in
independent living skills workshops."
-Virginia Child Protection Newsletter
"Foster Kids, Our Kids...is a heart-wrenching look at kids in the
foster care system (and) hits on weaknesses in foster care systems that need
to be repaired."
-Youth Today