Foster Care Training

This month was designed to support service providers in deepening their awareness of race and the impact it has on their ability to serve at risk youth and families of color. We discussed and looked closely at dilemmas each participant was confronting with youth/families or interpersonally with other providers working with youth. We used the article by Tema Okun to better identify a racial identity development trajectory, as well as looked at “stress shapes” to create better language for the defensive structures that may be in place when we confront elements of racism within foster youth systems.