Pacific Northwest Alumni of Foster Care
Pacific Northwest Alumni of Foster Care Newsletter
A Voice for Youth and Alumni of Foster Care
 February 2013 
In This Issue
Foster Care Adversity Study
Life threw me a curve
Update
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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Greetings!

A Special Thanks again to alumni of foster care for your voice and for your participation in the Foster Care Adversity Study! As a nurse, an alumna of foster care, and a recent graduate of the nursing science PhD program at the University of Washington, I want to announce that the results of the Foster Care Adversity Study have been accepted for publication in The Permanente Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of medical science, social science in medicine, and medical humanities. 
 

- Delilah Bruskas

 
Foster Care Adversity Study: A Summary of Results

The Foster Care Adversity Study results titled Adverse childhood expereinces and psychosocial well-being of adult women formerly in foster care as children (in press).

January 2013

 

 

 

A SPECIAL THANKS to all adults formerly in foster care as children who participated in the Foster Care Adversity Study. Your voice is very much appreciated and TOGETHER we can make a difference!

 

I'm finally going to take a few minutes to post a short summary of the Foster Care Adversity Study with you and share some exciting news! 

 

"Life threw me a curve"
Elizabeth Taylor's Story, CA 2013

 

Elizabeth Taylor, an alumna of foster care, overcame many of the obstacles and challenges many of us from foster care face. But after foster care, she found herself dealing with many new and unexpected life challenges. While the Foster Care Adversity Study examined the relationship between childhood experiences and adult well-being, many alumni of foster care like Elizabeth also shared painful experiences subsequent to exiting the foster care system. Elizabeth shared about what both her and her son went through after being separated from each other for so many years. To read more about Elizabeth's story and learn more about what she is doing today, please click here.

 
Update
15th Annual Reasonable Efforts Symposium: Best Practices in Dependency Region 3 - Navigating Trauma - Tacoma, WA

September 20, 2012

 

The founder of the PNAFC was invited to speak about foster care experiences and the resiliency to continue forward towards advanced nursing degrees. Presentation also focused on how personal experiences and educational background are used to advocate for improving health outcomes of those in and from foster care.

 
Special Thanks To

  • To all ALUMNI of foster care who have participated in the Foster Care Adversity Study!!
  • All the alumni of foster care who continue to show and express support!
  • Dale Tessin for continued statistical support!
  • Randall Spence from Analogue Web Design, LLC for your continued support and help with PNAFC and the Foster Care Adversity Study.
  • Kim Pyle for your continued graphic support, especially with the Foster Care Adversity Study.
  • And to all those not mentioned who have also shown a continued support!!