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Perspectives on the Future of Foster Care with Serita Cox

May 13, 2024 • The Imprint • Episode 171

Perspectives on the Future of Foster Care with Serita Cox

For the past three years, iFoster has been conducting the Voice of the Foster Care Community survey to gather perspective on the system from current and former foster youth, caregivers and the child welfare workforce.

iFoster CEO Serita Cox joins the podcast to discuss this year’s findings, which focused on gauging attitudes about solutions to some of the challenges surfaced in earlier surveys. She also discussed iFoster’s argument for moving towards a “child-first” system and what that would take, plus what her organization is working on with AmeriCorps around reaching more opportunity youth.

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Free online discussion: Culturally-Competent Care
https://bit.ly/3JKgj0i

Voice of the Foster Care Community
https://voiceoffostercare.org/

Voice of the Foster Care Community Survey, 2024
https://bit.ly/4aeDpqx

Opportunity Pathways: AmeriCorps’ Role in Addressing America’s Opportunity Youth Crisis
https://bit.ly/OYpathway