A Tough Decade in Foster Care
Monday, March 10, 2008
Andrew Bridge spent a decade in foster care as a kid. In his new memoir, Hope’s Boy, he says that the foster care system too often hurts children instead of helping them.
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I'm so moved by Andrew's story and the matter of fact and true way he describes his experiences. I realize the story is largely about foster care, but you also might be interested in an effort by a coalition of NY agencies--the NY Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents led by the Osborne Association. This effort is seeking to develop a Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights and is partially led by a youth advisory made up of children of incarcerated parents.
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