A Home Within recruits licensed mental health professionals who each volunteer to see one current or former foster youth in weekly therapy - free of charge, and for "as long as it takes."
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Telling article about the disproportionate amount of mental and physical difficulties foster youth face.
Issues––Heath & Healthcare. Foster youth are at an increased risk for many physical, emotional, and mental health issues.
We have recently partnered with Contra Costa County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) to recruit clinicians and match them with youth in the CASA program! We are so excited about this opportunity to help facilitate these lasting connections. You can help us by liking the linked page!
We are recruiting 50 amazing therapists to work pro bono one hour per week with a CASA Foster child or youth via in-person and teletherapy sessions.
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When we say “one #fosterchild, one #therapist, for as long as it takes,” we're not kidding. How can you support #access to therapy for young people in #fostercare, like Michael?
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Since 2001, we have served over 1,500 foster youth and we need your support to increase this number from 215 to 650 youth per year by 2021!
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WE BUILD NETWORKS OF QUALIFIED THERAPISTS WHO SEE A FOSTER CHILD, TEEN, YOUNG ADULT IN WEEKLY, PRO-BONO THERAPY – FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
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Daniel Garcia, a Gulfport High graduate from the MS Gulf Coast, shares his story of losing his parents, being LGBTQ and being abused in foster care before finding a forever family, on Out Here in America podcast.
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As National Foster Care Month comes to a close, we must reaffirm our commitment to advocating for LGBTQ young people who are among the more than 430,000 children and youth in care.
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... but, of course, the need for care continues.
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A Home Within is the only national organization dedicated solely to meeting the emotional needs of foster youth. We recruit qualified therapists who volunteer to see one foster child, teen, or adult in weekly pro-bono therapy – for as long as it takes.
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By providing just one stable relationship to each of these vulnerable kids and young adults, our volunteer therapists are helping them to break the cycle of chronic loss and enabling them to becoming healthy and productive members of the community. [Strict confidentiality is observed by our clinicians. Our staff does not know the identity of A Home Within clients, and our posts about specific foster youth are not intended to imply that any of them are being treated by A Home Within.]
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