Young men and women who have first-hand experience of foster care are an under-utilized resource in our efforts to understand and improve a system that has more than 500,000 children in its care.
On May 24, in recognition of Foster Care Month, Connect for Kids will host a Talktime Live!
Moy and Canfield will field your questions about foster care, from the perspective of two who have been there.
Visitors to the site during the chat will be able to submit questions online, and anyone interested in taking part but unable to log on at that time can send advance questions and comments for the experts to susan@connectforkids.org.
The chat is part of a bimonthly online discussion series for expert panelists, concerned parents, educators, advocates and policymakers.
Topics have included the Dream Act, which would offer immigrant students a path to college and citizenship; child poverty in the U.S., and the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on children.
online discussion - insights into the foster care and child welfare system.
Robin Nixon is the director of the National Foster Care Coalition (http://www.natl-fostercare.org/).
The Connect for Kids Web site covers more than 30 topics ranging from arts to youth development, foster care to adoption, and welfare reform to oral health.
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