Saving the Invisible Population: Foster Kids

Children in foster care are often known as “throw-away kids” and the “invisible population.” Once these kids turn 18, they often become “couch-surfers” because they live house to house, friend to friend.

This sad vocabulary inspired Pamela Lindeman to write the curriculum for Life Skills, a training series focused on helping foster children and youth with behavioral and emotional issues transition to adulthood. Pamela, the director of Out of Home Care with Child Focus, Inc.,has worked with foster children for 14 years.

Download the pdf at left to read the story originally published in our 2005 Annual Report to the Community.