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First Star UCLA Summer Guardian Academy Foster youth are often denied access to adequate educational and residential programs that meet their unique needs within a supportive environment. The damaging effects of growing up in foster care without those needs met are staggering: high rates of young parenthood, unemployment, homelessness, inadequate health insurance, reliance on public [...]
Part 5: State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Part Five of remarks given at a Capitol Hill briefing for the release of a report called: "State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S." The report found that information about child abuse deaths and near-deaths that could help prevent future tragedies remains veiled behind many states' restrictive disclosure laws, highlighting the urgent need for [...]
Part 4: State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Part Four of remarks given at a Capitol Hill briefing for the release of a report called: "State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S." The report found that information about child abuse deaths and near-deaths that could help prevent future tragedies remains veiled behind many states' restrictive disclosure laws, highlighting the urgent need for [...]
Part 3: State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Part Three of remarks given at a Capitol Hill briefing for the release of a report called: "State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S." The report found that information about child abuse deaths and near-deaths that could help prevent future tragedies remains veiled behind many states' restrictive disclosure laws, highlighting the urgent need for [...]
Part 2: State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Part Two of remarks given at a Capitol Hill briefing for the release of a report called: "State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S." The report found that information about child abuse deaths and near-deaths that could help prevent future tragedies remains veiled behind many states' restrictive disclosure laws, highlighting the urgent need for [...]
Part 1: State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.
Part One of remarks given at a Capitol Hill briefing for the release of a report called: "State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S." The report found that information about child abuse deaths and near-deaths that could help prevent future tragedies remains veiled behind many states' restrictive disclosure laws, highlighting the urgent need for [...]
From Place to Place
From Place to Place is a feature documentary that follows modern day heroes Mandy and Raif as they age out of foster care and change the system that raised them.
First Star Public Service Announcement
First Star works to improve foster care and other systems that help neglected or abused children.