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We Need LGBTQ+ Foster Parents! 
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We Need LGBTQ+ Foster Parents! 

LGBTQ+ youth are overrepresented in foster care. In order to help these youth feel validated, we need warm, accepting foster parents. We are looking for parents who can affirm the identities of LGBTQ+ youth even if they do not identify as LGBTQ+ themselves!

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Noreen Dolan to Attend 2023 ACRC Conference  
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Noreen Dolan to Attend 2023 ACRC Conference  

Our Deputy Director Noreen Dolan is presenting at the Association of Children’s and Residential Community Service’s 67th Annual Conference! Noreen will help lead a workshop exploring how organizations can build pathways to permanency.

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Join Us for MAPP Training this Spring! 
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Join Us for MAPP Training this Spring! 

We are offering MAPP training this Spring! This training is required for anyone planning on adopting or fostering youth. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays starting April 25, from 6PM to 9PM. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis and are due by April 14th!

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How Do We Care for Youth of Color in Foster Care?
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How Do We Care for Youth of Color in Foster Care?

Children and teens of color are overrepresented in the child welfare and foster care systems. Acknowledging that we all see each other’s skin color, and that race matters, is a difficult and sensitive process. But it’s so important for foster parents to affirm and celebrate youth’s racial identities, along with every other part of who that youth is.

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We Need BIPOC Foster Parents! 
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We Need BIPOC Foster Parents! 

Keeping youth attached to their culture and identity is crucial in their upbringing, especially for those in foster care. While achieving this may be easier said than done, a healthy first step is making sure there are plenty of foster families who share their identities!

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Fall Fun with Developmental Disabilities!
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Fall Fun with Developmental Disabilities!

Our Developmental Disabilities program is never short of fun! Following a successful Halloween movie night last month, the program will host a Fall Menu Cooking Class in December with our chefs, Assistant Program Director Sheila and Case Manager Danielle.

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