Foster Care /tags/foster-care Foster Care en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:00:00 GMT Former foster care children can now access their past after new law unlocked records /local-news/2024-08-28/former-foster-care-children-can-now-access-their-past-after-new-law-unlocked-records Vermont has a new law that allows former foster care children to see their records â€� which were previously locked to them and only available to some state employees, and birth and foster parents. Vermont is one of few states in the U.S. to allow this access. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-08-28/former-foster-care-children-can-now-access-their-past-after-new-law-unlocked-records Howard Weiss-Tisman Vermonters who were in foster care could access records more easily under new bill /local-news/2024-03-15/vermonters-who-were-in-foster-care-could-access-records-more-easily-under-new-bill Specific records that are tied to abuse or neglect are currently off limits to adults who were in the foster care system as children, even though state agencies, law enforcement and attorneys can see them. This bill would change that. Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:59:54 GMT /local-news/2024-03-15/vermonters-who-were-in-foster-care-could-access-records-more-easily-under-new-bill Howard Weiss-Tisman Vermont can't find enough foster parents. What that means for kids in state care /show/vermont-edition/2023-06-02/vermont-cant-find-enough-foster-parents-what-that-means-for-foster-kids Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with a foster parent about her experiences, plus the foster kin manager and guardian ad litem program manager on caring for kids in Vermont. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:19:24 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-06-02/vermont-cant-find-enough-foster-parents-what-that-means-for-foster-kids Mikaela Lefrak, Andrea Laurion St. Joseph's in Burlington is at center of new book on Catholic orphanage abuses /show/vermont-edition/2023-03-20/st-josephs-in-burlington-is-at-center-of-new-book-on-catholic-orphanage-abuses Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with author Christine Kenneally about her book investigating abuse in Catholic-run orphanages over the last century. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:40:39 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-03-20/st-josephs-in-burlington-is-at-center-of-new-book-on-catholic-orphanage-abuses Mikaela Lefrak, Matthew F Smith Adults who aged out of Vt.'s foster care system call for access to their own records /show/vermont-edition/2023-02-06/adults-who-aged-out-of-vt-s-foster-care-system-call-for-access-to-their-own-records Host Connor Cyrus speaks with a child advocate and member of a state oversight commission, as well as an archivist, who are urging changes to who can access foster care records in Vermont. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:00:04 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-02-06/adults-who-aged-out-of-vt-s-foster-care-system-call-for-access-to-their-own-records Connor Cyrus, Andrea Laurion People who spent time in Vt. foster care can't access their own records. Is it time to change that? /local-news/2023-02-06/people-who-spent-time-in-vt-foster-care-cant-access-their-own-records-is-it-time-to-change-that People formerly in Vermont foster care do not have access to their own state records. A new report asks lawmakers to change that. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-02-06/people-who-spent-time-in-vt-foster-care-cant-access-their-own-records-is-it-time-to-change-that Howard Weiss-Tisman More Kids Are Getting Placed In Foster Care Because Of Parents' Drug Use /vpr-news/2019-07-15/more-kids-are-getting-placed-in-foster-care-because-of-parents-drug-use With drug use surging in the past decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution? Mon, 15 Jul 2019 15:27:35 GMT /vpr-news/2019-07-15/more-kids-are-getting-placed-in-foster-care-because-of-parents-drug-use Susie Neilson Longtime Milton Foster Parent Charged With Sexual Assault Of A Child /vpr-news/2019-05-21/longtime-milton-foster-parent-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-a-child A Milton man who has been a foster parent in Vermont for 25 years was arraigned Tuesday on charges including sexual assault of a child, police said.Theâ€� Tue, 21 May 2019 20:06:52 GMT /vpr-news/2019-05-21/longtime-milton-foster-parent-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-a-child Emily Corwin Family Says Foster Child Trashed Their Home Yet State Won't Pay For Repairs /vpr-news/2014-09-15/family-says-foster-child-trashed-their-home-yet-state-wont-pay-for-repairs A foster family in the Northeast Kingdom says Vermont’s Department for Children and Families didn’t adequately warn them about the violent and destructiveâ€� Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:30:00 GMT /vpr-news/2014-09-15/family-says-foster-child-trashed-their-home-yet-state-wont-pay-for-repairs Nina Keck Protecting Vermont's Children, Part Five: Moving Forward /vpr-news/2014-05-02/protecting-vermonts-children-part-five-moving-forward Three separate investigations are looking into how Vermont’s Department for Children and Families protect children at risk for abuse and neglect.Theâ€� Fri, 02 May 2014 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2014-05-02/protecting-vermonts-children-part-five-moving-forward Nina Keck