Pacific Northwest Alumni of Foster Care
Pacific Northwest Alumni of Foster Care Newsletter
A Voice for Youth and Alumni of Foster Care
Winter 2011
 
In This Issue
Updates
Upcoming Event
Special Thanks

Connect With Others

Pacific Northwest Alumni of Foster Care believes that the voice of youth and alumni is important and invites you to join the alumni movement by contacting us and/or becoming a member of Foster Care Alumni of America (FCAA). Together, we can learn what is happening, lend our voices, and impact policy and practice to improve foster care experiences.

To connect with others please view our brochure:

You Can Help

We appreciate every opportunity we have to be a voice for those in and from foster care.  With your support, we can continue our work to positively influence policy and practice.
 
· Sponsored FCAA memberships 

 · speaking and traveling support

Where to Donate

Tax-deductible donations can be mailed to:

Pacific Northwest Alumni
of Foster Care
2661 N Pearl St. # 349
Tacoma, WA 98407

Tax-deductible donations can be directly made by visiting:
http://alumniofcare.org/donate.htm

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Pacific Northwest Alumni of Foster Care (PNAFC) is committed to increasing an awareness of issues important to those in and from foster care to positively influence policy and practice at a community, state, and national level.  We are pleased to share that Developmental Health of Infants and Children Subsequent to Foster Care has recently been published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing!

- Delilah Bruskas

 
 
Updates

Developmental Health of Infants and Children Subsequent to Foster Care Published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing November 2010
 

As a nurse, advocate, and alumna of foster care, Delilah Bruskas and PNAFC, is committed to increasing the awareness of foster care issues through a recent publication titled Developmental Health of Infants and Children Subsequent to Foster Care with the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.  This article not only explains that what happens in childhood matters, but also points out that not addressing childhood adversities, such as those experienced by many children in foster care, can impact adult health.
 

To view this article, please visit

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6171.2010.00249.x/abstract.


 

 
Upcoming Event

University of Washington School of Nursing- Community Health

NCLIN 409 - Seattle, WA 

March 2, 2011

 

The University of Washington's School of Nursing is providing another opportunity for Delilah Bruskas to speak about her community work as an advocate for those in and from foster care.  Her presentation to the Bachelors of Science in Nursing students will focus on how she is using her experiences in foster care and her nursing background towards the development of policy and practice that improve individual and community health outcomes.


 
"Exploring the Culture of Foster Care" is a NATIONAL COMMUNITY ART PROJECT created by Foster Care Alumni of America (FCAA). To view other post cards created by those in and from foster care please visit:
http://www.fostercarealumni.org/postcard_project.htm.

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Special Thanks To

  • All the alumni of foster care who continue to show and express support!
  • Randall Spence from Analogue Web Design, LLC for your continued work and support.
  • Betty Bekemeier, Robin Evans-Agnew,and Stephen Padgett for a great partnership in nursing.
  • And to all those not mentioned who have also shown a continued support!!