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In The System: Stories by Young People in Foster Care These three Rookies stories personalize the challenges facing teenagers within the foster care system. Each Rookie reported on what brought them into the system and their quests to find a sense of home away from their biological families. |
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 Shirley "Star" Diaz "Growing Up in The System"  listen  download MP3Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder, and the difficulty of growing up in six different foster homes, separated from her six younger siblings. To avoid being consumed by loss, Shirley tries to make sense of these events and find refuge in home and family as she finds them. |
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 Raymond Henderson "Someone to Tuck Me In" listen download MP3Last year at a routine check-up, 15-year-old Raymond Henderson decided to tell the truth. When his doctor noticed bruises on his neck, Raymond admitted that his stepfather was abusing him. The Administration for Children's Services took Raymond and his sister Monica from their step-dad who'd raised them since their mother's death 13 years ago. Now they're living with Ophelia, the home health attendant who cared for their mother as she was dying. He worries that letting Ophelia adopt him would mean cutting ties with his old life and family. |
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 Krystle Monclova "Group Home" listen download MP314-year-old Krystle has been living in a group home in Manhattan since last summer. She never expected to wind up in "the system," but when conflicts between Krystle and her mother reached a boiling point she found herself separated from her family. In her radio story, Krystle documents what life is like in the group home and how she might be able to move back to her family. |
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