Perspectives on Normalcy Handout: This Is My Family, This Is Where I Call Home

Facilitates discussion about the normalcy issues raised in the Young Adult Formerly in Foster Care: This Is My Family, This Is Where I Call Home video, which is part of the Center for States’ Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions product.

Publication year: 2016

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Capacity Building Center for States

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This handout is part of the series, “Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions.” It is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues raised in the video, “Young Adult Formerly in Foster Care: This Is My Family, This Is Where I Call Home.”

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Suggested Citation

Capacity Building Center for States (2016). Perspectives on Normalcy Handout: This Is My Family, This Is Where I Call Home. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Young Adult, Formerly in Foster Care: This Is My Family, Where I Call Home

Desiree is an alumna of the foster care system. She lived with the same foster care family for 14 years. She entered foster care with three of her siblings, and wants to use her experiences growing up in foster care to make a difference for those still in the system.

Publication Year 2017

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