by Nikky Greer | Sep 29, 2014 | Family and Friends, Foster Families, Stories
“Abigail” self-identified as a black female in her early thirties, and living in the south. She was a part-time teacher and her husband worked for an engineering company. They both worked additional hours outside the home as housekeepers. She reported their combined...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 24, 2014 | Alumni, Stories
“Antonia” writes as a 30-something adult about her experiences in foster care from the time she was 13 until she aged out at 18. In those five years, she had five placements, including foster families and kinship care. She is now a successful, middle-class...
by Nikky Greer | Jul 25, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Geri” is also a natal grandmother who hoped to get custody of her grandchildren. She self-identified as a married Caucasian, in her late 40s or early 50s, working class, living off a joint income of under $50,000 annually, in a prairie state. Like most of the family...
by Nikky Greer | May 20, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Amanda” lost four of her five children to foster care when she was in her late twenties. They experienced kinship, adoption, and institutional placements. Her parental rights were terminated after 20 months. At the time she shared her story, she was a student; but at...
by Nikky Greer | Apr 23, 2014 | Family and Friends, Foster Families, Stories
“Summer” is a foster parent in her middle thirties who fostered in a kinship-care arrangement in 2013. She and her husband have two children, and have cared for family twice, including the niece who is the center of this story. He has a stable factory job and she is...
