Consequences and caring. It is a powerful combination that works for foster parents Lynne and Bill Conrad, and the many children in their care who have been changed by foster care.
ORONO Their plans for the summer sound deceptively ordinary. Summer camp. Drivers education. Fishing. Visiting family. But for many of the 60 or so teenagers who attended the 21st annual Teen Conference for Youth in Care at the University of Maine on Wednesday, the coming year marks the approach of a critical milestone. When these displaced youngsters turn 18, many of them will age out of Maines foster care system. That means they will find themselves abruptly without the financial, material and emotional support of the state as they navigate into adulthood a tricky enough transition for more fortunate young adults who have the full support of concerned parents, extended families and engaged communities.
Summer sleep-away camp. For most kids, the words conjure up images of splashing swim sessions, pine-scented nature study, raucous dining hall antics, and giggly lights-out in rustic cabins. For the 30 or so Maine youngsters who attend Camp To Belong each year, the camp experience means all that and much, much more. The weeklong program, hosted each August at Camp Wigwam in Oxford County, reunites siblings who have been separated by Maines foster care system.
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. This information collection will support research on the role of Family Unification Program vouchers in providing housing for youth aging out of foster care. A survey will be administered to all public housing agencies (PHA) that have an allotment of Family Unification program vouchers (n=300) to determine whether or not their program is currently serving youth aging out of foster care, and why or why not; and for those PHAs that are serving youth, to explore and document key aspects of the program, including the role of the public child...
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