Impact on foster youth

“How Foster Families are Handling the Pandemic.”

  Covid-19 makes it hard for kids to process staying apart. Not being able to see their birth parents is already hard.                                                                                                                         https://www.kimt.com/content/news/How-foster-families-are-handling-the-pandemic-570329441.html

“Coronavirus Leaves Foster Children With Nowhere to Go.”
 The fear of spreading Covid-19 has caused visits between birth parents and foster children to be suspended, at a time when children are needing love the most. Foster parents are also refusing to accept new foster children, afraid of bringing the virus into their home. Family courts are also shutting down prohibiting parents from being reunited with their child.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/03/24/coronavirus-leaves-foster-children-with-nowhere-to-go

“How The Coronavirus Is Affecting The Foster Care System And Its Children”
 Prediction about how the Covid-19 pandemic will ultimately raise the number of children in foster care due to unemployment and stress. 

https://www.wfae.org/post/how-coronavirus-affecting-foster-care-system-and-its-children#stream/0

NBC News
 For parents that fought so hard to get their children back, limiting family court is devastating. Read about how one family noticed changes in their foster children due to Covid-19.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/foster-kids-who-can-t-visit-parents-are-struggling-under-n1172476 

“Child Welfare Covid Resources”

 How Covid-19 is affecting children and the increased risks now for child abuse and neglect.                                                                                                              https://childwelfarecovid.org/

“Kids who aged out of foster care struggling in weakened economy.”

 The Impact of Covid-19 not only affects foster youth that are in the system, but youth that are aging out. Older youth are struggling to get a job in this now depleted economy.              https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-kids-aged-foster-care-struggling-weakened-economy/275-8261098e-de15-4311-9358-00b76a605be1

“Drug crisis drives rising need for foster homes.”

  The need for foster homes increases as more children are being neglected and abused.                                                                              https://www.recordonline.com/news/20200508/drug-crisis-drives-rising-need-for-foster-homes

“Virtual Congressional Briefing: COVID-19 Impact on Young People from Foster Care.”

 Watch a Virtual Congressional Briefing on Covid-19 and Foster Care.                                                                                                          https://www.fosterclub.com/blog/announcements/virtual-congressional-briefing-covid-19-impact-young-people-foster-care

“COVID-19 impacts adoption, foster care process in Clark County.”

 Clark County has noticed more parents interested in becoming foster parents.                                                                                                       https://www.ktnv.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-impacts-adoption-foster-care-process-in-clark-county

“My working week: ‘I see children waiting longer to be adopted in the wake of coronavirus’.”

 Due to Covid-19 children have to wait longer to adopted.                                                                                                                            https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/18/my-working-week-see-children-waiting-longer-adopted-coronavirus

“What Happens When You Age Out of Foster Care During a Pandemic?”

 Foster youth who age out of foster care during the pandemic don’t have support are likely to end up alone on the streets. To prevent this, many states have extended the aging out limit allowing foster youth to continue to stay with their families after 21.                                                                                                                                     https://www.thenation.com/article/society/what-happens-when-you-age-out-of-foster-care-during-a-global-pandemic/