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How to Help Foster Youth Maintain Their Rights
Most people are only one or two personal connections from a foster child but don't know it. Statistically, there is one foster child for

Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 20, 20173 min read


The Connection Between Teachers and the Child Welfare System
I was speaking to an elementary teacher the other day and she provided some insights into how her job relates to the child welfare...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 13, 20173 min read


Reaching the Fourth "R": Schools and Classrooms Make the Difference
I am very excited to bring you my first guest blog. In full disclosure, I met Cathy Anther-Fialon, at a webcast on a seminar regarding...

Shenandoah Chefalo
May 20, 20164 min read


Residential Schools: A Promising Alternative
In her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase, former foster youth Shenandoah Chefalo describes her childhood of abuse, followed by three years in...

Shenandoah Chefalo
May 2, 20161 min read


Healing Trauma: One Grocery Store Line at a Time
There’s a women standing in front of me at the grocery store. I can see her fidgeting, shifting her weight back and forth. She glances my...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 13, 20163 min read


The 180 with Jim Brown on CBC Radio
The state of group homes in B.C. and Alberta has reached crisis level, with a recent B.C. government report revealing problems that range...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Dec 20, 20152 min read


Foster Care Crisis Begs for Cooperation
There are a number of organizations in the United States and around the globe that work for the betterment of foster children, but in...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 9, 20152 min read
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