On February 24 2022 we had the honor of meeting with April Dinwoodie. This person is an activist. She has her own podcast and is an influencer to see that all children but especially brown and black children make it into loving and supportive homes.

In 2021 22.75% of children in foster care were Black/colored. In 2016 57,000 children were adopted out of foster care 49% wight 22%latino 17% African American Wight foster youth are almost 40% more likely to get a job compared to black youth these are all reasons why it is much harder for black children in foster care and why there are a lot more boundaries and things to hold them back

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On February 10 2022 we had the honor of meeting with Jenny and Keven Samuelson about their experience with adoption and the trials and tribulations of it. for jenny and Keven adopted from birth they adopted two children two girls it is different from adoption through foster care I would say it is easier than through foster care because you don’t have to get a foster license

their proses was hard though especially because they were in a different state so they signed up for the adoption process through and organization the had to get there months of training then they could adopt they had a bunch of home visits then they basically say you are ready you can adopt the they send out basically your resume to parents then the parents pick who they want once you are picked you go and meet with mothers then you talk about the baby then when the mother goes into labor you get called into the hospital. this is there adoption story i am sure some are different but some might be the same or similar

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On February 9th, 2022 we met with Alessandra brunialti and Paul yager. These people were important to meet with because they fostered and adopted a classmate of mine and her brother. We met with them to talk about their story their story was amazing. and it took a very long time to get their children.

We learned a lot about how they became foster parents and adopted through foster care first you have to do training for 9 months to get certified for foster care. then they call you whenever sometimes in the middle of the night or really early in the morning then someone is placed into their care you have to take care of them the agencies main goal is to reunite the family and the child over anything but if they can’t the child goes up for adoption or stays in foster care this process happens over and over again every day

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On February 7 2022 I had the pleasure of meeting with Bobbi, Arlene, Carola, Carla, and Paris. These people all have different roles at New Alternatives for Children (NAC). This organization is based in New York City. These people are important to my topic because they specialize in special needs cases like children with autism.NAC was the first child welfare agency in New York State to serve children in family-based care who have dual diagnoses.

I learned a lot from this meeting. I learned how they kept up their communication with families through the covid 19 pandemic. I also learned about how they put their high-needs kids into foster care. and the age range of all the kids that are adopted and fostered. I also learned that NAC has there own staff of doctors to help the kids this was quite an amazing experience

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last week in school my group presented a social justice project presentation. This was our first attempt at sharing what we lawned when we read three articles. Me and my teammates all did an amazing job on this presentation. this is a very sad topic and its hard to learn about

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