by sstinson | Nov 6, 2019 | Aging Forward, Foster Care
By Shay Stinson Aging out can be a scary thought for older foster children. This is the moment when the responsibilities of the foster care system have expired for youth of a certain age—21 years of age to be exact. It doesn’t, however, have to be met with negative...
by intisar | Oct 31, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj *This profile was first published in 2015. Moses Harris passed away in 2018. Rest in peace. Mattie Harris has taught children for most of her life. So it’s no wonder that she became a foster parent for Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH). Harris...
by intisar | Oct 7, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Richard “Rusty” Kays has been involved with the foster care system for most of his life. He says he grew up in foster care since he was 3 days old and aged out of the system when he was 18. But he had a consistent foster family. He’s been paying that...
by intisar | Sep 12, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Virtual gaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and other forms of technologically-simulated circumstances have been proven numerous times to be an effective clinical intervention tool for those with special needs, spanning from...
by intisar | Aug 26, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Eleven-year-old Jamiah Lipscomb had already been adopted by a loving family but her special needs panned out to be too much for the family to care for. So, she was placed back in the foster care system. But her adoptive family didn’t want to give up...
