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319,000.  This is the number of children who are currently in US foster care who are unable to stay with their temporary families. As a result, children and youth across the nation are being temporarily housed in jails, hotels or sleeping on office floors due to the lack of foster homes, group homes and other appropriate living environments.

By the age of 17 more than half of youth who are removed from their homes will have some encounter with the legal system -- either through arrest, conviction, or detention.

To add to this complicated issue, many states do not have enough foster homes for the number of children who need them. This has led them to be “housed” in jails and offices. 

Restoring order and routine to children who have been removed by authorities is crucial in their developmental process. Dr. Sharon Ford of Focus on the Family describes how no matter when a trauma occurs, it interrupts the developmental process and can cause deficits into adulthood.

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There's been chaos and vandalism all weekend in downtown Chicago, and gun deaths among kids have risen 50 percent in the last two years. Matthew McNiel, is a Senior Program Officer with Outreach, one of the organizations serving youth in the region. Outreach provides youth development, family stabilization, transitional housing, employment training, community services, and is also one of the larger Medicaid-accepting counseling centers in the area.

Later, Dr. Micah Watson, Executive Director of the Henry Institute and co-creator of the Civic Hospitality Project at Calvin University, talks with Brian and Aubrey on how Christians are charged with engaging gracefully with their neighbors. The Civic Hospitality Project aims to prepare students to be global citizens, cultivating a desire to extend Christian civic hospitality wherever God leads them.

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Join our resident Business Ninja Kelsey together with Wynter Yancey, Associate Director at Cornerstone Valley, a family-oriented company that maintains excellence of care by investing in the success and growth of the their employees, as they talk about helping individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to stabilize, grow and develop for their future. Cornerstone Valley serves high need kiddos and adults with IDD/DD who are currently unable to live safely in the familial home or community independently. They support each individual’s safety, goals and growth, and help them reach their highest level of independence and achieve a higher quality of life. Their staff provide practical support for daily living, including administering medication, cleaning the household, preparing food, assisting with hygiene, organizing group activities and providing transportation.

Cornerstone Valley maintains excellence of care by helping individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to stabilize, grow and develop for the future. They had been able to fill the void of care for higher-need individuals who have been turned away by other residential facilities. They believe everyone deserves a chance to live in community. Their highly-trained and dedicated staff help individuals reach their highest level of independence and experience a greater quality of life. They thrive all together by focusing on relationships, belonging and purpose. Learn more about them and visit their website today at https://cornerstonevalley.com/

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In this episode, Jiggy shares her upbringing in a very traditional Korean family, where her traumatic experiences and emotions were not to be spoken of and where expectations of excellence were of the utmost importance. She talks about the effects that this had on her growing up.  After she moved to the United States, she was practicing her english in an online chat room, and came across the words "gay", "lesbian" and "bisexual" which led her to discovering an identity that she felt connected to. She shares how she bravely told a few friends when she was young and received homophobic responses that cost her most of her friendships. Jiggy shares how she eventually ended up attending Pennsylvania State University, and discovered another set of new words - "vulnerability", "self awareness" and "empathy". It would be her time attending some gen-ed classes that ended up changing the trajectory of her life. It opened up a whole new space that she never knew existed and one that went against everything she'd been taught as a young girl. A space where emotional intelligence set her on a healing journey.   

Jiggy is a youth motivational speaker and mental performance coach helping high school and college students increase the longevity of their performance and demand for excellence. Along with her storytelling, Jiggy brings awareness to the importance of mental health and burnout prevention, and teaches practical strategies for students to implement. Jiggy believes that in order to obtain sustainable performance and excellence, we must be both self-disciplined and self-compassionate; both hard working and effectively resting.

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Even as a girl in the Bronx, Cecilia Luckie has always wanted to help people. It makes sense that she describes being a police officer not as her job, but as her calling. 

As a "Black woman cop," Cecilia brings a specific and uniquely informed perspective to the conversation around how we could police better.  In this conversation, she shares some of the realities of life as police officer, a Black woman, and a member of the relatively small but rising group of officers who are both. 16 years into her distinguished career she takes a moment to share her insights into how we can police better.

Articles featured on pages 4,5,6 & 7 of The Carlow Nationalist on February 9th 2021.

Eldra Jackson III is the co-director of Inside Circle, an organization that empowers people who have been affected by the criminal justice system to lead change from within.  They provide opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people to heal and serve both themselves and others.  Eldra shared how his choices as a teen led to the gangster life and eventually a life sentence in New Folsom state prison.  He talked about what it took to survive in these subcultures and his transformation from toxic masculinity and criminal behavior to personal responsibility and spirit.   Nina and Eldra talked about the need for both individual choice and community support to truly create lasting social change.  Eldra's passion for helping young people with both the practical and inner work of having a good life was apparent in this conversation. 

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Dillon Thomas, Ciara Lynch and Roxanne Edel produce their first podcast with an interview with Brian Hembrook.  Brian oversees the Youth Agency's Childcare Program, works with the Maxx staff and the Youth Advocate to provide education, prevention services, support and positive programming to our community.  

Articles featured on page 8 of The Carlow Nationalist on August 11th 2020

[1:00] Guest introduction.

[1:34] What is a high risk youth?

[3:12] A typical day for a social worker.

[5:12] What made her decide to be a social worker?

[8:46] Transition care/plan.

[14:11] What can you do to help?

[24:48] What she loves about Edmonton.

[26:37] How she wants to be remembered.

[27:37] Her thoughts on social work.

IMPORTANT QUOTES

"The defiance is not intentional it's just a reaction to the things that happened to them."

"You are worth it. You do matter."

"Edmonton is a pretty caring city"

"Just doing my part to ensure that our youth have a good fighting chance in this world."

"It's the coolest thing in the world to see  these youth become who they're suppose to be."