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                                        YouthSuccessNYC.org  | A Resource for Youth in Care and After Care
                                        http://www.youthsuccessnyc.org/index.html
                                        Find ALL words . Quick Links and Contacts. New York City has a new web portal for teens. Click on www.nyc.gov/teen. To find information, resources, and help. Morning After Pill info. New York City has a new web portal for teens. Click on www.nyc.gov/teen. To find information, resources, and help. Visit www.nyc.gov/teen. And click on "Dating and Friends" and "Feeling Stressed" to learn more. Hotlines (dating violence, housing, mental health). Staten Isl.: 718-981-0219. Educational and Training Vouchers. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                             newyorkfostercare.blogspot.com
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                                        New York Foster Care: Independent Living Classes hosted by Saddle Rock Ranch
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                                        New York Foster Care. Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Independent Living Classes hosted by Saddle Rock Ranch. Program aids teens in foster care. Harrison, Lauren, Long Island Newsday, 12/8/12. Teenagers sat at tables in a Middle Island classroom equipped with a kitchen, watching as a professional chef demonstrated how to chop a cucumber. Food safety and healthy cooking were among several skills 30 teens in New York's foster care system learned Saturday at the launch of a special respite program. A significan...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        New York Foster Care: October 2012
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                                        New York Foster Care. Saturday, October 27, 2012. Dental Partnership With Child Welfare. NYU Dentistry, foster care agency partnership, improves child health, aids student training. Press Release, October 21, 2012. For the dental students, the experience has been eye-opening. Most of the dental students have little knowledge of the foster care system,". Dental health has been described as a "window" to a child's well-being," said Mitchell Rubin, MD, FAAP, Medical Director, Graham Windham. "We believe...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        New York Foster Care: A Medical Guide for Youth in Foster Care
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                                        New York Foster Care. Wednesday, December 28, 2011. A Medical Guide for Youth in Foster Care. A Medical Guide for Youth in Foster Care. New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services has released a 28-page booklet to guide youth in care through the health care system. The booklet covers informed consent, rights to privacy and to refuse medication, and information about how to get and pay for medical care. (2011). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). New York Foster Care Resources. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        New York Foster Care: Overmedication of Foster Youth - and Yes, the Drug Companies Are Making Money
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                                        New York Foster Care. Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Overmedication of Foster Youth - and Yes, the Drug Companies Are Making Money. Drugs Used for Psychotics Go to Youths in Foster Care. Carey, Benedict. New York Times, Nov. 20, 2011. Foster children are being prescribed cocktails of powerful antipsychosis drugs just as frequently as some of the most mentally disabled youngsters on Medicaid, a new study suggests. The report, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The implication, Dr. dosReis and ot...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                             ocfs.ny.gov
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                                        For Youth E-Newsletter - New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
                                        http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/youth_portal.asp
                                        Your browser does not support iFrames. Search for Child Care. Become a Child Care Provider. Local Departments of Social Services. Child Care Subsidy Program. Healthy Families New York. Runaway and Homeless Youth. Child Welfare News and Notes. Human Services Call Center. Children and Family Trust Fund. William B. Hoyt Memorial Children and Family Trust Fund. Preventive Servces Practice Guidance Manual. Supervision and Treatment Services for Juvenile program (STSJP). Community Multi-Services Offices (CMSO). 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                             childrensaidsociety.org
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                                        FYSA | The Children's Aid Society
                                        http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/FYSA
                                        Children's Aid Homepage. The Children's Aid Society. FOSTER COLLEGE SUCCESS CAMPAIGN. Every year in New York State, approximately 20,000. Children and youth are living in the foster care system. In 2012. New Yorkers with only a high school degree are more than twice as likely to be unemployed that those with a bachelor’s degree, and on average those with a bachelor’s degree or higher earn more than double than those with just a high school diploma. For youth that are able to overcome the challenges of th...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        New York Foster Care: April 2010
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                                        New York Foster Care. Monday, April 5, 2010. NY Proposed Legislation re: Immigrant Children in Foster Care. Dromm Bill Helps Immigrant Children In Foster Care. By John Toscano, Western Queens Gazette, March 31, 2010. A bill that would require the city Administration for Children’s Services to create a plan to protect immigrant children in foster care and perhaps put them on the path to permanent status in the U.S. was passed by the City Council last week. Without a dedicated plan for immigrant services, ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        For Youth E-Newsletter - New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
                                        http://visionloss.ny.gov/main/youth_portal.asp
                                        Your browser does not support iFrames. Search for Child Care. Become a Child Care Provider. Local Departments of Social Services. Child Care Subsidy Program. Healthy Families New York. Runaway and Homeless Youth. Child Welfare News and Notes. Human Services Call Center. Children and Family Trust Fund. William B. Hoyt Memorial Children and Family Trust Fund. Preventive Servces Practice Guidance Manual. Supervision and Treatment Services for Juvenile program (STSJP). Community Multi-Services Offices (CMSO). 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        New York Foster Care: October 2011
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                                        New York Foster Care. Tuesday, October 25, 2011. One-fourth of New York City foster youth age out immediately into homelessness. A Deal to Help Foster Youths Find Housing. Secret, Mosi. New York Times, October 20, 2011. New York City has reached an agreement on a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that claims the city allows older children to leave foster care only to become immediately homeless. Each year, roughly 800 to 1,100 people age 18 to 21 are discharged from foster care to fend for themselves,. 
                                     
                         
                            
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