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		<title>Diane Nunn to Receive First Annual Mark Hardin Award</title>
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		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/diane-nunn-to-receive-first-annual-mark-hardin-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dependency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Nunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster youth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diane Nunn, Division Director of the Center for Families, Children &#38; the Courts, is to receive the First Annual Mark Hardin Award for Child Welfare Scholarship and Systems Change. The award will be presented to Nunn due to her work embodying “Mark’s leadership style, characterized by humility, a ‘willingness to serve,’ and a deep driving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week: Fostering Democracy LIVE!</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/this-week-fostering-democracy-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/this-week-fostering-democracy-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fostering Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fostering Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narratives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Come hear readings and see slide presentations by Fostering Art students who are current and former foster youth. These students participated in an intensive summer workshop and have written prose, poetry and short narratives chronicling their personal journeys in foster care and exploring their roles in the democratic process while examining their hopes for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers work together to improve educational outcomes for foster youth.</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/lawmakers-work-together-to-improve-educational-outcomes-for-foster-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/lawmakers-work-together-to-improve-educational-outcomes-for-foster-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A+ act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Papers Leads to Uninterrupted Scholars Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congressional caucus on foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecucation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fostering connections to success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[san francisco court appointed special advocate program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recently formed Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth has introduced legislation critical to unleashing the educational potential of students in foster care.  A group of federal lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have found common ground on critical legislation that promises to streamline information exchange between education and foster care. The Access to Papers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Non-Profit Provides Free Mental Health Services to Foster Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/local-non-profit-provides-free-mental-health-services-to-foster-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/local-non-profit-provides-free-mental-health-services-to-foster-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 21:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Home Within]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SFCASA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Casey National Alumni Study, over 20 percent of former foster youth experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) &#8212; five times the rate at which the disorder affects the general population.  Additionally, the recovery rate for these youth, at 28.2 percent, is much lower than the general population, at 47 percent.  From this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Foster Youth Graduates from SFSU</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/former-foster-youth-graduates-from-sfsu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/former-foster-youth-graduates-from-sfsu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college graduate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[former foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guardian Scholars Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scholarship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SFCASA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spending the majority of her childhood in and out of the foster care system due to her parents drug dependency issues, Kayla Daniels made a conscious decision at age 14 to focus on a future without her parents.  In particular, she dedicated herself to her ultimate goal of obtaining a college degree.  The statistics were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Jacqua – San Francisco’s “Street Soldier”</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/jack-jacqua-san-franciscos-street-soldier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/jack-jacqua-san-franciscos-street-soldier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Jaqua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juvenile hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omega Boys Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SFCASA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Jacqua is a familiar and friendly face in juvenile hall, the courts, youth and adult prisons, community groups as well as the streets of San Francisco.  Co-founder of the Omega Boys Club, Jacqua has been advocating for children’s rights for over 35 years.  Jacqua volunteers his time to act as a mentor, friend and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life After 18 for California Foster Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/life-after-18-for-california-foster-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/life-after-18-for-california-foster-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AB12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fostering Connections to Success Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-minor dependents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SFCASA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success Act, or more commonly known as AB12, foster youth aged out of the system at age 18.  Despite legally being considered adults, many of these former foster youth had yet to gain the skills required for successful independent living.  With the new law, there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SFCASA&#8217;s Fostering Change Luncheon is next Wednesday!</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/sfcasas-fostering-change-luncheon-is-next-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/sfcasas-fostering-change-luncheon-is-next-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 23:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['The Power of One']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fostering Change Luncheon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Donna Hitchens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SFCASA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SFCASA&#8217;s 12th Annual Fostering Change Luncheon is just FIVE DAYS AWAY! This year&#8217;s luncheon theme is &#8216;The Power of One.&#8217; As we hear so often right here on our blog, it only takes one person to dramatically change the odds for a foster child. One SFCASA volunteer can help save a vulnerable youth from re-victimization, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CASA Volunteer talks about her experience as an advocate for a young woman who becomes pregnant while still in foster care.</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/casa-volunteer-talks-about-her-experience-as-a-casa-for-a-young-woman-who-becomes-pregnant-while-still-in-foster-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/casa-volunteer-talks-about-her-experience-as-a-casa-for-a-young-woman-who-becomes-pregnant-while-still-in-foster-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA Volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CASA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnant foster youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SFCASA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenage pregnancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[9 months into the case and I&#8217;m bored. I&#8217;m a CASA to a 16-year-old young woman who is currently placed at home with her mother. This is easy, I think. Nothing is happening. The issues at home seem to be under control. I even get along well with her mother. I worry that I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of the Deficit Reduction on Vulnerable Populations</title>
		<link>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/impact-of-the-deficit-reduction-on-vulnerable-populations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/impact-of-the-deficit-reduction-on-vulnerable-populations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corrine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCASA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Committees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Services Block Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSBG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sfcasa.org/blog/?p=724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, two House Committees passed measures in the hope of finding $261 billion in savings over the next ten years. Some of the programs negatively affected are the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), which provides various social services to children and families. [...]]]></description>
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