News
Here is an article written by our own Judge Chaitin about San Francisco's Children in Foster Care.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 (SF Chronicle) San Francisco foster children need more homes. Ellen Chaitin
City foster care rate higher. Article discusses San Francisco's high rate of children in Foster Care. San Francisco Examiner, August 9, 2010
Check out the SFCASA Blog for More News and Articles related to SFCASA and issues in Foster Care.
When kids 'age out' of foster care, they often have nowhere to go. For Foster Care Teens, Graduation is No Celebration. The Baycitizen.org May 23, 2010
CASA Volunteer Dee Horn of Fullerton County Georgia shares a story about his volunteer advocacy work at the 2010 National CASA Conference. National CASA Podcast. download
Foster Care Month Youth Leadership Awards May 21, 2010
San Francisco honors its Foster Youth for Outstanding Leadership
For more information and nomination forms click here. (pdf)
Red Carpet: Honoring Foster Care Advocate
SF Examiner 4/13/10
SF Chronicle's Leah Garchick on SFCASA's Board of Director's Luncheon.
Read our March, 2010 Newsletter
Contact Your US Representative today and ask them to support CASA!
Please contact your US Representative today to request that they join in a letter of support for level funding of $15 million for the CASA program.. Click here for a more information on how you can help.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gives approximately 1,500 current THP-Plus youth their "eviction notices" via the release of his budget proposal for fiscal year 2010-11. Merced Sun-Star February 27, 2010.
California's New Proposed state budget includes eliminating funding for the Transitional Housing Program for emancipated foster/probation youth (THP-Plus).
Ventura County Reporter,
February 18, 2010
Financial Aid and Foster Youth. A surprisingly low number of Foster Youth receive all the grants they’re eligible for because they don’t get adequate information about ?nancial aid, and the aid programs themselves present hurdles.
Another roadblock for foster youth
January 2, 2010 by Erica Perez, CaliforniaWatch..org
San Francisco’s System Improvement Plan 2010 for Child Welfare Services. - multi-tiered review and analysis of current practices and a commitment to implementing new evidence based practices and phasing out older initiatives that do not have proven successes in serving foster youth and their families.
Honoring Emancipated Youth.org, February 4, 2010
Foster care sees increase in cases due to economy.
More youth are going into placement because more families are stressed from the economy
Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 20, 2009
A Determined Quest to Bring Adoptive Ties to Foster Teenagers
New York Times,
January 30, 2010
National CASA podcast. This series of interviews provides updates from National CASA, alerts you to legislative action, and shares experiences from program staff.
Keeping the Promise. National CASA, California CASA and SFCASA event brings awareness the plight of abused and neglected children in our dependency system. April 7-8 at City Hall and April 9th at Union Square in San Francisco.
Foster youths need access to mental health care, by Zahra Hayat and Patrick Gardner.
Almost one-fifth of California's foster children are placed across county lines, either due to a shortage of local foster or group homes, or because a relative's home has been found in another county. Out-of-county youths routinely face problems getting mental health care, often waiting months or even years for appropriate treatment. Read more:
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 SF Chronicle
CASA Volunteer featured in AARP Magazine The Magazine featured the story of Thelma Harris, a CASA volunteer from the Fulton County, GA, CASA program.
SFCASA Volunteers Jeff Perry and John Emami talk about SFCASA on Pirate Cat Radio-Listen to the Podcast
Here is the link for the podcast of our interview on Pirate Cat Radio this weekend. It is a two-hour broadcast, and our interview starts at 53:50. There are a few music breaks over the course of the interview.
Pirat Cat Radio, 5/10/09
Foster Care in California
Forum on KQED Radio, 88.5 FM,
8/12/08
Foster Care in Focus
What is life like for foster children? Listen to the interview with SFCASA Case Supervisor Erika Dirkse on Your Call Radio with Rose Aguilar. Kalw 91.7 FM 8/8/08
