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Seeking Change in the Foster Care System SEEKING CHANGE WITH CHRISTINA SHOCKLEY • MICHIGAN RADIO OCTOBER 22, 2012 This week on Seeking Change, Christina Shockley talks with Angelique Day about the foster care system. Day grew up in foster care. She now focuses her work on researching and helping children in foster care in the state. Day teaches Social Work at Wayne State University. She also works with Vista Maria, a non-profit treatment agency in Dearborn Heights for neglected and abused children. The organization offers a range of services for foster kids. It has a residential school for girls, and it serves as a support network for young adults as they age out of the foster care system.
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WSU Receives Contract To Help Foster Kids In College
THE CRAIG FAHLE SHOW • WDET OCTOBER 16, 2012 The Wayne State University School of Social Work has received a three-year, $340,197 contract from the Michigan Department of Human Services(DHS) to provide youth transitioning out of foster care with the educational, material and social resources they need to thrive as WSU students. Craig speaks with Dr. Angelique Day, Assistant Professor in the WSU School of Social Work, and Ronald Williford, WSU Student and part of the Wayne County foster system, about what this contract will do for foster kids looking to attend WSU.
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Street Beat: Wayne State TIP
CW50: WKBD-TV MAY 9, 2014 Megan Pennefather, the Campus Coach for the Transition to Independence Program (TIP) at Wayne State University and Kevin Riedel, a student in the program, explain how TIP helps young adult foster children make the transition to college. |