Michigan Youth in Foster Care Attend Camp to Encourage Completion of Educational Goals

Michigan Youth in Foster Care Attend Camp to Encourage Completion of Educational Goals

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Young people from the Michigan foster care system tooks turns for more than two hours on August 6, 2010 sharing their stories, concerns, hopes and dreams with more than 50 policymaers from the across the state in hopes of improving the system.

The discussion, called KidSpeak, was part of a four-day camp that started Wednesday and ended Saturday at Michigan State University designed to encourage foster care youth to finish high school and attend college.  The camp is a partnership between the MSU School of Social Work, MSU College of Law, and the nonprofit youth advocacy group Michigan's Children.

You may download a PDF of the full article, or click here to read the article in the Lansing Journal.

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