Failing Our Youth: An Inadequate Foster Care System
Making Contact
English - February 03, 2016 14:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Documentary news makingcontact politics publicmedia racialjustice socialjustice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This show takes a look at issues within the foster care system in the U.S. from the high rate of teen pregnancy to the alarming use of psychiatric medications in California’s foster care system.
Featuring:
Nicole Rocke, former foster youth
Kyle Lafferty, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Linda Bryant, Clinical Professor at New York University’s School of Social Work
Benita Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Family Permanency Services at the Administration of Children’s Services
Lorraine Jacobs, caseworker
Yolanda Vasquez, former foster youth
Adriane Fugh-Berman, Pharmacology Professor at Georgetown University’s Medical Center
Bill Grimm, Attorney at National Center for Youth Law
Susan Bullard
David Arrendondo, Child psychiatrist
Dr. Edmund Levin, at the Lincoln Child Center
Nancy Forster, Therapist at the Lincoln Child Center
April Rene Sanders, former foster youth and recipient of AB12
Kyle Sporleader, Statewide Legislative Coordinator for California Youth Connection (CYC)
This show takes a look at issues within the foster care system in the U.S. from the high rate of teen pregnancy to the alarming use of psychiatric medications in California’s foster care system.
Featuring:
Nicole Rocke, former foster youth
Kyle Lafferty, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Linda Bryant, Clinical Professor at New York University’s School of Social Work
Benita Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Family Permanency Services at the Administration of Children’s Services
Lorraine Jacobs, caseworker
Yolanda Vasquez, former foster youth
Adriane Fugh-Berman, Pharmacology Professor at Georgetown University’s Medical Center
Bill Grimm, Attorney at National Center for Youth Law
Susan Bullard
David Arrendondo, Child psychiatrist
Dr. Edmund Levin, at the Lincoln Child Center
Nancy Forster, Therapist at the Lincoln Child Center
April Rene Sanders, former foster youth and recipient of AB12
Kyle Sporleader, Statewide Legislative Coordinator for California Youth Connection (CYC)