NC lawmakers propose new watchdog office to oversee foster care system

Reps. Kimberly Rice & Mary Jane Wallner: Foster youth need security and a path to success

FOR MOST young adults, turning 18 is an exciting milestone — a time of new opportunities, independence, and planning for the future. But for youth aging out of New Hampshire’s foster care system, this transition is often marked by financial…

NC lawmakers propose new watchdog office to oversee foster care system

After a WRAL documentary exposed systemic failures in North Carolina's foster care system, state lawmakers have proposed legislation to establish a Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman office to provide independent oversight and advocate for children's best interests.

The House of Representatives is critical of how the cabinet wants to address the problems in youth care. The sector is too fragmented, so children have to wait too long for help or do not receive the right help or protection. Due to the “patchwork” of authorities, regional networks, municipalities and healthcare providers, all with their own tasks and responsibilities, things can also go badly wrong, such as with the abused foster girl in Vlaard…

Amnoni Myers is Transforming the Future for Foster Youth

At 18 years old, Amnoni Myers stood in front of her foster home, her entire life stuffed into black trash bags. The house she had been told she could stay in was no longer an option. No family was waiting for her, no roadmap for what came next. She had aged out of the foster care system, and like many others, she was suddenly on her own. For thousands of youths in the foster care system, turning 18 isn’t a celebration—it’s a moment of crisis. Ma…

The Foster Parents' Association believes that it is necessary to re-evaluate the foster parent system, which is almost 20 years old. At the Annual General Meeting of the association on Saturday, a request was sent to Djóni Nolsøe Joensen, Governor of Iceland, to start the evaluation, never too soon. The Foster Parents' Association will be happy to be involved in the work of re-evaluating the system, as it stands. The latest figures, they are fro…