A Home Within

The first few months of the #coronavirus pandemic took a significant toll on the well-being of former foster youth. #AHomeWithin #MentalHealth #FosterYouth

Recently, Ling Lam, PhD, one of our volunteers, did a #TEDx Talk on the Power of Feeling Safe: How Kindness Restores Resilience. Attachment trauma is a prevalent theme in treatment of #foster children, and the establishment of a safe connection is so important to effective #therapy. Worth watching!... #AHomeWithin #MentalHealth #FosterCare #FosterYouth #ProBonoPsychotherapy

Deanna Linville, Ph.D, our Director of Programs and Research at #AHomeWithin, joins the podcast to talk about the importance and value of including support systems -- including family, chosen family, friends, and caretakers -- in the treatment and recovery of eating disorders. #MentalHealth #FosterCare #FosterYouth #GetHelp

If ever there was a time to honor & value #therapists, the time is now. #AHomeWithin #MentalHealth #FosterCare #FosterYouth #HelpUsNow

*Update! Over 150 individual donors and family foundations gave during our year-end campaign, contributing nearly $100,000 in support of our vital mission to provide free therapy to current and former foster youth. Many thanks to all of our wonderful donors as well as our fabulous Board of Directors. THANK YOU for helping make 2021 a brighter year for children and youth in foster care.

Help make 2021 a brighter new year for children and youth in foster care. A Home Within turns every $1 contributed into $5 of professional mental health support for foster youth around the country. Please donate today.

Now more than ever, relationships heal because relationships matter. Watch this video from Ted, a former A Home Within Client, to hear how: https://youtu.be/ip0bKFrmxlA

We turn every $1 contributed into $5 of professional mental health support for children and youth in foster care. They need us now more than ever. www.ahomewithin.org

Thank you for supporting A Home Within on Giving Tuesday! Your support allows us to help young people like Anthony, who says, With the help of my therapist I was able to go from homeless, unemployed, and recently discharged from an inpatient facility to enjoying stability and happiness for the first time in my life. Thank you!

It’s Giving Tuesday, a global day of generosity! Now more than ever we are seeing the importance of connection and relationships. Every dollar given counts in helping us connect a youth to a clinician who can walk with them through this uncertain and difficult time. Please support A Home Within on this Giving Tuesday by donating through our home page. www.ahomewithin.org

A Home Within is participating in #GivingTuesday! Today and every day, A Home Within therapists provide an anchor of support to children and youth in foster care across the country#MentalHealth care for free, for as long as it takes. Thank you for supporting our work by donating through our home page. www.ahomewithin.org

A Home Within is participating in Giving Tuesday! We turn every $1 contributed into $5 of professional mental health support for children and youth in foster care. They need us now more than ever. Thank you for supporting our work by donating through our home page. www.ahomewithin.org

A Home Within is participating in #GivingTuesday one week from today! A Home Within supports the healing, resilience, and success of current and former foster youth around the country. They need us now more than ever. Thank you for supporting our work by donating through our home page. www.ahomewithin.org

Big news - foster youth between the ages of 14 and 29 are invited to apply for a microgrant from Think of Us for up to $1000! Apply online by November 18: https://bit.ly/3kKVd3G

Our Continuing Education series continues with a training on November 7! Lockdown presents new challenges and opportunities in working with young - our Seattle clinical director, Krissy Perry, will show us play therapy strategies via telehealth! Register here: https://bit.ly/3oooEef

Join us for our next event in our Continuing Education series on November 6! Led by Dr. Marty Beyer, this free webinar will go over the often complex family connections in a foster child's life and how therapists can support them. Register at the link now!: https://bit.ly/34lIhvr

Today we're listening & learning from Dr. Barbara Staggers, a national authority on adolescent health. Her visionary work has built a new model of care for teens that is respectful, relevant, and relationship-centered. Read more from the California Children's Trust: https://bit.ly/3dxzLfK

How has A Home Within impacted your life? Maybe you made a lifelong connection, gained tools for personal growth, or learned how to heal from trauma. Whatever it may be, we want to hear from you! Feel free to share your stories in a public comment below, or privately message us on here.

Who is going to take a child that has been exposed to the coronavirus? The child welfare system, already overburdened, is struggling to support foster children during the pandemic. Via The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/36YD0eQ