STORIES FROM HOMELESS FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN:
Meet Jamillah Williams, a foster child who became pregnant while living in a homeless shelter. She gave birth just after her eighteen birthday to an underweight baby boy, a baby she never wanted but credits him now with keeping her on track.
Jamillah has the courage that most of us could [...]
James
6/26/89
Entered DYFS system in 1998
Possible homeless child to document long term. Lengthy audio interview at Covenant House. MODEL RELEASE SIGNED.
Lived in numerous foster house as well as transitional homes.
Newark Transitional Housing
YCS Shelter in Jersey City
Volunteers of America in Plainfield
Goodwill Missionary Home in Newark
Talking about his history and claims:
His step father raped him numerous times
Step [...]
Raphael House will be the contact for unwed mothers who are former foster children.
Raphael House http://www.raphaelslifehouse.org/
Raphael’s Life House is a nonsectarian transitional residence for women who are homeless and pregnant. These women will find here a place where they can rebuild their lives and give their child a [...]
Back to Covenant House again this morning. Focusing of finding former foster kids who are now homeless and identifying those who are willing to commit to a long term project.
The kids are very transient and pinning a few down will be difficult.
Spending the day at Raphael House in Newark tomorrow. Interviewing 4 teenage mothers who [...]
Searching for content management systems to handle all the audio I’ll be collecting. Came across this one:
http://www.loudblog.com/
http://gadgetopia.com/post/6350
A good resource on content management and work flow. Still searching for the right combination before it gets unmanageable.
Today’s visit to Covenant House was a basic overview of how Covenant House works with homeless kids.
Not all have a history of foster care, many are just shuffled from relative to relative until they turn 18 and then kicked out of their homes. Many though do have a history of foster care and not just [...]
After spending the last three years immersed in the Heart Gallery project and learning about foster care and adoption, I realized today how little I actually know about what happens to kids who “age out” or those children who reach 18 years old and choose to sign papers giving up services from dyfs and releasing [...]
The world of the MFA CDT thesis is under way and days after spring classes are over, work on my thesis year has begun.
Since 2005 I’ve been immersed in the Heart Gallery project – www.heartgallerynj.org – a non-profit I co-founded with Assistant Managing Editor for Photography at the Newark Star Ledger, Pim Van Hemmen. It’s [...]
NJ.com: Helping Hands – Heart Gallery
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