WELCOME BACK TO FAMILY HEALTH MATTERS, I'M SHELLY IRWIN.

WITH ME ARE THE PANELISTS, MARY OWENS, CEO OF BROADT.

SONIA OWENS, WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT YOU ARE ALL ABOUT, CEO, WE HAVE A FOSTER CARE HEALTH EXPERT AND THEN WE HAVE SHEILA WHO DOES YOGA, I WILL GRAB MY MAT AFTER THIS BUT BASICALLY FOSTERING IS THE POWER OF THE CONVERSATION.

LET ME START WITH HOW EACH OF YOU ARE INVOLVED AND I WILL START WITH YOU, MARY.

>> WONDERFUL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND ALL OF US, SHELLY, IT IS GREAT TO BE ON THIS PANEL.

AS YOU KNOW I AM CEO OF ST. JOHNS AND WE PROVIDE CONTINUOUS CARE FOR KIDS IN MICHIGAN INCLUDING FOSTER CARE SUPPORT AND PROGRAMMING.

SO SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS YEAR ON THIS PANEL.

>> HEY, SHELLY, THANKS, I'M TRINA KENT, THE RESOURCE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR FOR EMERITAS.

THAT MEANS I FOCUS ON FOSTER CARE RECRUITMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR WESTERN MICHIGAN AND I ALSO ASSIST OTHER RECRUITERS ACROSS THE STATE.

>> HI, I'M SONIA NORMAN, CEO OF WEST MICHIGAN, PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN AND WE OVERSEE ALL FOSTER COUNTY YOUTH AND WORK WITH THE FIVE AGENCIES WHO DO THE WORK SO SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY.

>> NICE, HOPE ALL THOSE PLANTS ARE WATERED BEHIND YOU.

>> OH, THEY ARE, THOSE ARE MY BABIES.

KAYLA, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> I AM KAYLA MORGAN, I AM A MICHIGAN NATIVE AND PROVIDE YOGA THROUGH OUR BUSINESS ROOTS AND USE MY PROGRAM TO ADVOCATE FOR FOSTER YOUTH REFORM BECAUSE I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING UNADOPTED AND AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND I USE MY STORY NOW TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE AND HOLD THE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE.

>> GREAT, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR STORY AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MARY, A LITTLE MORE ON YOUR ORGANIZATION ASK THEN I WILL ASK YOU EACH, YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT IS FOSTERING.

MARY?

>> THANKS, SO MUCH.

SO THE IDEA AT ST. JOHNS REALLY WAS FOUNDED AS A ORGANIZATION 30 YEARS AGO IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NEED.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AT THE TIME WE HAD HEALTH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EPIDEMICS HAPPENING AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN WERE PERISHING AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEY NEEDED A SAFE PLACE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO WE HAVE A CONTINUUM OF CARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR KIDS, FAMILY PRESERVATION THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BEING A FOCUS FOR US AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BROKEN INNOVATION, WE BELIEVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KIDS SHOULD BE WITH FAMILY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND SAFE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE ALSO HAVE CHILD WEIR FAIR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SERVICES AND ADOPTION THROUGH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE WHERE CHILDREN CAN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BE SAFE AND WE ARE COMMITTED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO KEEPING KIDS WITH KIN OR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RELATIVES WHENEVER POSSIBLE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THEN ALWAYS NEED FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HOMES AS ALL OF US DO ACROSS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE STATE OF MICHIGAN FOR A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE ALSO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROGRAM AT ST. JOHNS THAT JUST THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUILDS OUT OUR CONTINUUM OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE TO HELP THOSE STRUGGLING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN THE COMMUNITY TO CIRCLE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AROUND THAT CHILD WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CLINICAL AND TREATMENT SUPPORT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO GET BACK OUT IN THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COMMUNITY INTO A PERMANENT, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOVING HOME.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO WHAT DOES FOSTERING MEAN?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WELL, IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I ACTUALLY REALLY AN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INTERESTED TO HEAR KAYLA TALK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ABOUT THIS AS WELL, WHAT DOES THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT MEAN TO FOSTER, BECAUSE WE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COULD GO DOWN A COUPLE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PATHS HERE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUT I WILL SUM UP SORT OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTERING YOUTH FOR ME MEANS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROVIDING AN UNCONDITIONAL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOVING AND SAFE HOME FOR A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILD WHILE WORKING WITH THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TEEN THAT IS WORKING WITH THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILD'S FAMILY TO MOVE TOWARDS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REUNIFICATION WHENEVER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% POSSIBLE BUT ALSO BE THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% UNCONDITIONAL PLACE FOR THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILD, NO MATTER THE DIRECTION THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE FOSTER CARE CASE GOES.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND SO AT ST. JOHNS, WE REALLY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND CHILDREN NEED A SAFE AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NURTURING HOME AND FAMILIES THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CAN LOOK DIFFERENT AND BE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DIFFERENT IN SO MANY WAYS AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE BELIEVE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR A CHILD IS WHAT IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTERING FOR US.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> SONIA, TALK ABOUT YOUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ORGANIZATION.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YEAH, OF COURSE, WE ARE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PILOT PROGRAM, THE FIRST OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ITS KIND IN MICHIGAN.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE'RE A PERFORMANCE-BASED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CONTRACT WITH DHHS WHERE WE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ARE ASSIGNED ALL THE YOUTH IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE THAT ARE REMOVED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN KENT COUNTY AND THEN WE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAVE DETERMINED, REALLY, THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FIRST PLACEMENT FOR THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN AND LIKE MARY SAID, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE REALLY -- CPS, CHILD THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROTECTIVE SERVICE WORKERS ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOOKING FOR RELATIVES AT THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FRONT END TO PLACE CHILDREN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WITH BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% UNABLE TO FIND A RELATIVE AT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT TIME AND WE MAY NEED TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PLACE THEM IN A FOSTER HOME THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUT AS MARY SAID, THE GOAL IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ALWAYS TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% A RELATIVE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN OUGHT TO BE WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FAMILY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND WHAT WE DO WITH OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PARTNERS IS MAKE SURE THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROGRAMS ARE MEETING THE GOALS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT THE STATE AND FEDS SET THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUT FOR THEM, WORK TOWARDS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THOSE GOALS AND HELP WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THEN WE ALSO DO A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% UTILIZATION PROGRAM TO MAKE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SURE THEY ARE GETTING THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RIGHT SERVICES AT THE RIGHT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TIME AND RIGHTATION.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEN WE ALSO CREATED SEVERAL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NEW PROGRAMS, ENHANCED FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHICH HAS JUST A SYSTEM THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHANGER FOR KENT COUNTY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE NUMBER OF YOUTH IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RESIDENTIAL CARE DRAMATICALLY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND SO THEN WE'RE ABLE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PLACE CHILDREN, PUT THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SERVICES IN PLACE WHEREVER THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILD IS PLACED.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IF THERE WAS GRANDMA, WE'LL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WRAP SERVICES AROUND THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILD AND GRANDMA PROVIDING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HER WITH TRAUMA COUNSELING AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EXTRA NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HOME IS SAFE AND THEN TO ECHO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHAT MARY SAYS, REUTILIZATION THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IS THE GOAL, WE WANT CHILDREN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO GO BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO WE'RE WORKING HARD TO DO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CALLED PARENT ENGAGEMENT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE KIDS WHO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAVE ALSO LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ARE MENTORING PARENTS IN OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SYSTEM.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRYING TO NAVIGATE AND SUPPORT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEM TO GET OUR SERVICES IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CASE, CONNECT WELL WITH THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CASE MANAGER AND THEN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORK N GETTING THE CHILDREN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HOME.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> RESOURCE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SUPERVISOR, TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> WELL, EMERITAS IS THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LARGEST NOT NOT-FOR-PROFIT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ORGANIZATION FOR MICHIGAN.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE SERVE ABOUT 25 PERCENT OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE POPULATION THROUGHOUT THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YEAR AND WE CONNECT, EMPOWER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND TRANSFORM.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE WANT TO CONNECT CHILDREN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE WANT TO EMPOWER THEM THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHEREVER POSSIBLE AND CREATE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AN EFFECTIVE TRANSFORMATION.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ALL ABOUT AND HONESTLY TO GO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BACK TO WHAT WE THINK FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE IS, IT IS SO HARD TO TALK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ABOUT WHAT IT IS SO I WANT TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% GIVE A VERY TEXT BOOK ANSWER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO THAT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE IS MEANT TO BE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TEMPORARY SHORT-TERM PLACEMENT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR CHILDREN WHEN THEIR HOME THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LIFE IS NOT SAFE AND HEALTHY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR THEM.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REUNIFICATION.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE WANT TO GET CHILDREN BACK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO THE SAFEST HOME POSSIBLE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND WANT THAT TO BE WITH THEIR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BIRTH FAMILY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ABOUT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% 50 PERCENT OF THE TIME, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SHELLY, AND WHEN THAT DOESN'T THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAPPEN, WE WANT TO FIND THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NEXT MOST PERMANENT SOLUTION THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR KIDDOS WHICH IS FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> ALL RIGHT, KAYLA MORGAN, I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WILL SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE COUPLE HATS YOU WEAR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAVING LIVED THE EXPERIENCE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND TURNING THAT INTO A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROFESSION.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS YOUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EARLY MEMORY OF THE FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE PROGRAM WITH YOUR LIFE?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> RIGHT, EARLIEST MEMORY WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, I WAS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ACTUALLY SENT TO ST. JOHNS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FIRST.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO KIDS FIRST, THAT WAS MY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FIRST MEMORY AND INTAKE THAT I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REMEMBER.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUT FOSTER CARE WASN'T A GOOD THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I NEVER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HEARD THE WORD REUNIFICATION THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TILL I STARTED ACTUALLY BEING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN THE WORKFORCE FOR FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE MORE I RESEARCHED AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ASKED QUESTIONS AND BEING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REUNION FIGHT NOW WITH MY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BIRTH BIOLOGICAL FATHER'S THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FAMILY, I FEEL FOR MY MOTHER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T GET THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RESOURCES SHE NEEDED AND THEN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I SEE AS A MOTHER NOW, I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REPEAT A LOT OF THOSE SAME THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BEHAVIORS OR JUST THE SAME THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% GENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO WORK REALLY REALLY HARD TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BREAK THE CYCLE FOR MY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WAS NOT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DESIGNED FOR ME, IS NOT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I WAS IN A DIFFERENT HOME THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EVERY YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAD A NEW WORKER OR TWO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORKERS IN EACH HOME AND EACH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% UP WITH OF THEM LABELED ME.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I WASN'T AT THE COURT HEARING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHERE I WAS DETERMINED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% UNADOPTABLE BUT WHEN I WAS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DETERMINED UNADOPTABLE, I WAS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ALSO LABELED AS A DELINQUENT, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SQS, I WAS ALSO -- MY RESPECT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WAS TAKEN AWAY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOVED.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THERE WAS NO MENTORING LOVE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I DIDN'T HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AUTHENTIC LOVE AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRANSPARENCY AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THAT BROUGHT ME INTO TOXIC THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH THERE IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DATA THAT PROVES THAT ONE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THREE OF US WILL BE IN TOXIC THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RELATIONSHIPS, DOMESTIC THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% VIOLENCE AND HOMELESS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I HIT EVERY PIT OF FOSTER CARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SUPPORT, GUIDANCE OR STABLE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRANSITION TO GO OFF OF.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT WAS EASY TO GO FROM CHILD THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WELFARE TO THE ADULT WELFARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SYSTEM.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> RIGHT AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND PUT IT TO HOPEFULLY A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NEXT, KAYLA.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AS YOU LOOK BACK, WHAT COULD THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAVE POSSIBLY TURNED YOU THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AROUND?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> TURNED ME AROUND?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> OR TURNED -- LET'S JUST THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SAY -- I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SHOULD GO WITH ONE OF OUR EX THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SPERSE AS FAR AS A REACTION TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KAYLA, MAYBE WE WILL GO TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU, MARY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> IF YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAD, WHAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY TO THOSE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SUPPORTING KIDS IN CARE TODAY?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHAT WOULD MAKE A POSITIVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IMPACT FOR THOSE YOUTH AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THOSE CHILDREN DIFFERENTLY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAN YOUR EXPERIENCE?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I THINK WE ALL DESIRE TO KNOW THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND WE ALL DESIRE TO DO BETTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EVERY DAY IN THIS WORK, IT IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE ETHICAL RIGHT THING THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SSTEM AND ALSO NOT HAVE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DISPARITY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN OUR SYSTEM, RIGHT, WHERE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEY FEEL THE SYSTEM WAS NOT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DESIGNED FOR ME.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I HONOR THAT STATEMENT AND I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KNOW SONIA AND I WOULD LOVE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KNOW WHAT COULD MAKE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% POSITIVE DIFFERENCE WITH THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WE'RE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORKING WITH TODAY?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> I THINK -- WELL, THE MOST THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IMPACT I HAVE SEEN IN THE WORK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT I DO NOW IS UNDERSTANDING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE HISTORICAL IMPACT OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE AND ACTUALLY WHERE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT STARTED AND LAWS THAT WERE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN PLACE TO LEGALLY MURDER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REMOVE THEIR CHILDREN AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REPLACE THEM IN FOSTER CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO TO KNOW THE CULTURE, YOU THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CAN CHANGE THE CULTURE, I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BELIEVE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LACK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OF REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COLOR WORKING IN THE SYSTEM THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FROM COLLEGE AND THEY HAVE NO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LIVED EXPERIENCE OR REAL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR OR OTHER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CULTURES AND THEY ARE REMOVING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SEEING CHILDREN BE RAISED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DIFFERENT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND ALSO DON'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT WE'RE 3000 UNITS SHORT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LIVE HERE AND OUR BLACK AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BROWN CHILDREN ARE BEING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY, NOT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO ADD TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT, SONI A?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YEAH, KAYLA, YOU AND I HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ABOUT THIS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND ONE THING WE HAVE DONE AS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AN ORGANIZATION, EVER SINCE WE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAVE BEEN IN PLACE, ONE OF OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% STRATEGIC GOALS IS TO ADDRESS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE SYSTEM THAT IS PRESENT IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILD WELFARE AND I THINK OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COUNTY IS AHEAD OF THE STATE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN THAT PLACE AND THE STATE IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NOW STARTING TO LOOK AT THESE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THINGS, RIGHT?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I THINK KAYLA, YOU MIGHT BE ON THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% A STATEWIDE TASK FORCE, RIGHT, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO ADDRESS SOME OF THIS?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND WE KNOW THAT IT TOOK A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOT -- LIKE THERE IS SYSTEMIC THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INTEGRATION IN SO MANY OF OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SYSTEMS AND SO WE HAVE A LOT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OF WORK AHEAD OF US.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE HIRED A CHIEF EQUITY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ENGAGEMENT OFFICER WHEN I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAME A CEO FIVE MONTHS AGO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND ONE OF HER JOB THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REQUIREMENTS IS TO ENGAGE THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FAMILIES THAT ARE MOSTLY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IMPACTED AND WE DO HAVE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DSPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN OF COLOR IN FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO SHE HAS BEEN ONBOARD 60 THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DAYS AND IS REALLY PASSIONATE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ABOUT THIS AND CONNECTING TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND KAYLA, SHE WILL BE ONE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE PEOPLE YOU CONNECT WITH IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE FUTURE AND I KNOW OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PARTNERS FEEL STRONGLY THIS IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AN AREA WE HAVE TO WORK ON AS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% A TEAM TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SYSTEMIC.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT IS NOT JUST ONE THING, LIKE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT IS PERVASIVE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND SO WE ALL NEED TO HAVE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COMMITMENT TO DO OUR OWN WORK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND, YOU KNOW, OUR IMPLICIT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BIAS AND OUR RACIST -- JUST THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE WHITE PRIVILEGE AND ALL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE PIECES THAT COME WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REALLY IDENTIFYING THIS WORK.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO I AM EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HONEST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NOW.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT WASN'T THE CASE IN THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PAST.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND KAYLA, WHEN YOU WERE IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LONG AGO IT WAS, BUT IT HAS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BEEN A MINUTE AND WE HAD A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LAWSUIT, RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAD TO LIKE REACT TO IN THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% STATE OF MICHIGAN REGARDING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF THINGS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THAT, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAUSE OF THE CARE CHILDREN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WERE RECEIVING.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE WERE PUT IN PLACE IN KENT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COUNTY TO START LOOKING AT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR SYSTEM AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE ARE IN OUR FOURTH YEAR OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUR PILOT BUT WE HAVE MORE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORK TO DO.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, ALWAYS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KEEP THAT ACCOUNTABLE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND YOUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% VOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> TRINA, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ADD TO THIS SITUATION?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> I WANT TO ADDRESS KAYLA THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SPECIFICALLY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU SPEAKING THE WORDS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT IS HARD TO SPEAK THE WORDS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU DID AND IS IMPORTANT FOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EVERYONE TO HEAR.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO EVERYONE WATCHING THIS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KNOWS THAT YOU SPEAK THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRUTH.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SONIA IS NOT WRONG.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE ARE DEFINITELY MAKING THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% GROUND WORK FOR CHANGE AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU BROUGHT ME BACK WHEN YOU.- THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SAID THAT YOUR FIRST MEMORY IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% GOING TO KIDS FIRST PRIOR TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PLACEMENT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WAS THE MACEMENT PLACEMENT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND YOU REALLY BROUGHT ME THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BACK AND I THOUGHT YEAH, IT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAS BEEN YEARS SO EXPOSING NEW THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PEOPLE RIGHT AFTER REMOVAL SO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHANGE IS HAPPENING.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUT AS WE KNOW, CHANGE IS SLOW THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THERE AND KAYLA, FOR YOU TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SPEAK THE WORDS YOU SPEAK AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO CONTINUE TO ACT TO SAY THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NEEDS TO BE SAID.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> WONDERFUL.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KAYLA, TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RESILIENCE ROOTS AND YOUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EXPERIENCE WITH YOGA?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YEAH, SO I STARTED WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RESILIENCE ROOTS BECAUSE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FRIEND WAS WORKING WITH A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NONPROFIT AND LEARNING THE INS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND OUTS OF HOW NASTY IT CAN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BE AND HOW NICE IT CAN BE AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO I REALLY WANTED TO SUPPORT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OTHER BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHO ARE DOING GROUND WORK IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% JUST US WHERE WE CAN HEAL FROM THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE RACISM AND CULTURAL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RESPONSES TO JUST US BEING US.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO WHAT I DO IS I PROVIDE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SPACE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LEARN SELF REGULATION THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TECHNIQUES, BREATHING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TECHNIQUES AND MIND SHIFT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AFFIRMATION SO THEY CAN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REGULATE THEIR SLIGHT SPIKE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FREEZE RESPONSE AND RESPOND TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% MIGRATION BACK TOWARD HEALTHY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> GREAT PICTURE HERE, THANK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU FOR THAT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SERVICES FOR KIDS WHO TURN 18 THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CASEWORKERS, WHEN YOUTH ARE AT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% A CERTAIN AGE IN THE SYSTEM, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THERE IS POLICY IN PLACE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SAY PROVIDERS OF THE FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE PROGRAMMING WOULD BE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORKING WITH THAT YOUTH WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS SO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BANKING, EDUCATION, SECOND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DARE, I KNOW EMERITAS HAS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% STATEWIDE FUNDS FOR KIDS IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE AND I DON'T KNOW MARY IF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU KNOW THE SPECIFIC LENGTH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OF TIME BUT THERE IS A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SPECIFIC LENGTH OF TIME FOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KIDS IN FOSTER CARE WHERE THEY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CAN ACCESS THE SECONDARY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RESOURCES AND FUNDS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH KIDS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THERE IS AN AGE IN THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% POLICY WE START WORKING WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THOSE KIDS FOR ALL THOSE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRINA, JUMP IN, YOU ARE MY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EXPERT THERE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT HAS BEEN A MINUTE, USING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SONIA'S WORDS THERE, SINCE I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAVE BEEN IN AGING OUT FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> AT THE AGE OF 14 WE START THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORKING WITH THEM ON AGING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KIDS ON ALL THOSE THINGS AND I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THINK THAT IS WHAT WE'RE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KAYLA'S LIVED EXPERIENCE IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ANOTHER AWARENESS THAT THERE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IS, IS WHEN YOU DO AGE OUT OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE, IF THERE IS NOT A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PERMANENT ADOPTIVE AGENT AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SOME KIDS CHOOSE THE AGENT TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NOT BE ADOPTED.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SUPPORT WORKERS WORK TOO AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THERE IS AN AGE WHERE THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORKING FOR THEM.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEY HAVE RESOURCES IN PLACE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO MEET ALL THEIR NEEDS, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% MEDICAL NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NEEDS AND IT IS IMPORTANT IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUR SYSTEM TO CONNECT THOSE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RESOURCES TO THE ADULT WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ALL THE RESOURCES THEY MAY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NEED GOING FORWARD.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND LIKE I WAS SAYING, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DABLODGES ST. JOHNS AND OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROVIDERS WOULD SAY WHAT WE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ARE DOING IN MICHIGAN TODAY IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REALLY AT THE FRONT END.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHO ARE THE CARING ADULTS IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THIS CHILD'S LIFE IF THEY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CAN'T BE WITH MOM OR DAD THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COULD SUPPORT THIS CHILD?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS IF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KIDS CAN STAY WITH RELATIVES, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COME BACK TO MOM AND DAD, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REUNIFICATION BEING THE FIRST THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% GOAL, THEY WILL HAVE BETTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LONG-TERM SUPPORT AGING OUT OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE KNOW OUR KIDS THAT AGE OUT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WITHOUT A PERMANENT ADULT IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEIR ROLE, IN THEIR LIFE AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EVEN WITH ADOPTION BEING HOW THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEY MOVE OUT OF OUR SYSTEM TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PERMANENCY, WE KNOW KIDS WANT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO KNOW THEIR FAMILY WHEN THEY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECOME ADULTS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ARE KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% GET UPSTREAM SHELLY TO ADDRESS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT IN FULL.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE SHOULDN'T BE THINKING ABOUT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE END AS MUCH AS WE THINK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH KIDS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND FAMILIES IN THE VERY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BEGINNING WHEN THERE IS ABUSE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OR NEGLECT HAPPENING.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> AND WE WILL STAY WITH OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COMMUNITIES WITH THESE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SONIA, THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO BE INVOLVED IN A VIRTUAL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COMMUNITY EVENT THAT ACTUALLY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% STARTS THIS SUNDAY?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YEAH, SO FOSTER KIDS, WHICH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IS A COALITION OF MBHFF WHICH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IS THE COUNTY AND THE FIVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PRIVATE AGENCIES AND WEST THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT FOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN, THEY ARE HOSTING A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% VIRTUAL SERIES OF EVENTS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ACTUALLY OPEN O TO THE PUBLIC THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHICH IS EXCITING WORKING ON THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILDREN WITH TRAUMA AND THEN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DEBUNKING THE MYTHS OF BEING A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER PARENT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR EXAMPLE, SOME MAY BELIEVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SINGLE PEOPLE CANNOT FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THEY CAN SO IT WILL BE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PANEL TALKS ABOUT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THEN THROUGHOUT MAY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAUSE WE ARE IN FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AWARENESS MONTH, THERE ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FIVE -- EXCUSE ME, FOUR OTHER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EVENTS, PARENTING THROUGH A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PANDEMIC WITH COLE WILLIAMS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHO IS AMAZING.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% UNDERSTANDING SECONDARY TRAUMA THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THEN LYING AS A RESPONSE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO TRAUMA WITH ROBIN BOBOL WHO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IS ALSO AMAZING AND THEN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PARENTING WITH SAMANTHA THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ELKMAN.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THAT, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TYPICALLY FOSTER EVENTS ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR FOSTER PARENTS BUT THIS IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND BECAUSE WE ARE IN A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PANDEMIC, THERE IS A LOT OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAUMA THAT ALL FAMILIES ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EXPERIENCING SO ANY OF THESE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAININGS WILL BE REALLY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HELPFUL FOR ANY OF OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN OR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HELP PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEN MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTERING.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ALL CHILDREN THAT COME INTO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SOME SORT OF TRAUMA SO IT IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING SO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PROVIDING THAT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> KAYLA, WHAT DO YOU ADDRESS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO OUR COMMUNITY?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BOTTOM LINE, I ALWAYS ASK HOW THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CAN COMMUNITY HELP WITH THIS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TOPIC?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> WELL, I HAD A COUPLE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THINGS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ONE, BACKING UP WHAT SONIA THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SAID ABOUT TRAUMA INFORMED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CARE, FOSTER CARE IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAUMATIZING.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YES, IT IS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YES, IT IS TRAUMATIZING FOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EVERYBODY AND EVEN MORE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAUMATIZING BECAUSE AT LEAST THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE FOSTER PARENTS ARE HOME, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT IS THEIR WORLD.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% NIKITA BRYANT WHO WAS MURDERED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN OHIO, A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER CARE REPLACEMENT WHO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WAS RESPONDING IN A VERY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAUMATIC WAY, LOST HER LIFE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T TRAINED THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO DEESCALATE AND GET ON HER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LEVEL AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FEELS TO BE SURROUNDED BY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% STRANGERS WHO ARE DEMANDING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THINGS OF YOU AFTER YOU HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BEEN EXPERIENCING TRAUMA.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE ARE ALMOST READY FOR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CLOSING COMMENTS AND I WILL GO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TO YOU, TRINA AS FAR AS THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% GOOD WORK THAT EMERITAS DOES.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND THIS MAY OF COURSE IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FOSTER AWARENESS MONTH SO WHAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DO YOU LEAVE US WITH?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> WHAT DO I LEAVE YOU WITH?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% [LAUGHTER] THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YES.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> IN MAY WE DO BIG MEDIA AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RECRUITMENT, EDUCATE THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% COMMUNITY WHAT FOSTER CARE IS, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED, IF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU CANNOT BE A FOSTER PARENT, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HOW ARE THE OTHER WAYS YOU CAN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HELP SO CHECK US OUT, FOLLOW THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% US ON FACEBOOK.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BECAUSE IT IS A PANDEMIC, IT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IS DIFFICULT BUT THERE A LOT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OF THINGS HAPPENING IN MAY AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE NEED INVOLVEMENT SO FIND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUT A WAY YOU CAN HELP.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YES, TALK TO ME SONIA ABOUT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHAT YOU LEAVE US WITH.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> SURE, WELL BECAUSE WE DO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OVERSEE THE ENTIRE FOSTER CARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SYSTEM IN KENT COUNTY, WE DO A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOT OF RESOURCES ABOUT ALL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FIVE OF OUR PARTNERS ON OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WEBSITE WHICH IS WCC.CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE ALSO REALLY WANT TO SHARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WITH OUR PARTNERS AS WELL AS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INTERNALLY.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ONE OF THE GOALS WILL BE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CREATE A MORE -- WITH A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% STRONGHOLD ON RELATIONSHIPS, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ESPECIALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IN 507 BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUR HIGHEST REMOVALS ARE, WE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WANT FOLKS TO REALLY LEARN TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRUST US BUT WHY SHOULD THEY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% RIGHT NOW?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THERE IS NO REASON FOR THEM TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRUST US, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUR GOALS TO HAVE A MORE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FAMILY VOICE INTO THE THINGS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ALSO WHY WE HAVE THE PARENT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WORKING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WITH OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORKING IN THE FOSTER CARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SYSTEM.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> THANK YOU, WMPC.CARE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KAYLA, HOW DO WE FIND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR YOGA?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> YOU CAN FIND ME AT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WWW.RESILIENCEROOTS GI ON THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INSTAGRAM OR ON FACEBOOK.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> MARY, WHAT DO YOU LEAVE US THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WITH?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> I AM TAKING AWAY MORE THAN THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I AM LEAVING WITH AND KAYLA, I THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR OUGHT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEN AUTHENTICITY AND THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HERE AT ST. JOHNS WE HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% EQUITY AROUND DIVERSION AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INCLUSION AND ONE OF THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON IS TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BUILD OUR WORKFORCE TO BETTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% REFLECT THE COMMUNITY WE'RE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SERVING AND SO THAT WILL STICK THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WITH ME.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND YOU MENTIONED BEING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LABELED A DELINQUENT IN THE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% VERY BEGINNING OF OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CONVERSATION.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT HIT ME BECAUSE WHAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% TRAUMA LOOKS LIKE IS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DELINQUENCY, RIGHT?

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% IT IS THAT FIGHT, FLIGHT OR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FREEZE THAT YOU NAMED ALSO SO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ALL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE WORDS BUT I TO WANT TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% DIVERSE, COME TO OUR THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ORGANIZATIONS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AT ST. JOHNS, EMERITUS, WPC THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HAS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THEY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WORK WITH.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU FIND THE ONE THAT FITS YOU THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THE BEST AND FEELS THE BEST TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% YOU.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE NEED CARING UNCONDITIONALLY THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOVING HOMES FOR KIDS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WHILE WE WILL, ALL DAY LONG, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LOOK TO KEEP CHILDREN WITH THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THEIR PARENTS WHENEVER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% POSSIBLE, TO YOUR POINT, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KAYLA, IT IS TRAUMATIZING TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% BE REMOVED FROM YOUR FAMILY, THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% WE KNOW THAT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AND WE KNOW SOMETIMES THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% KIDS CAN'T REMAIN SAFE A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% HOME.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO WHEN THEY CAN'T REMAIN SAFE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% AT HOME, WE NEED MORE CARING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% STEP UP AND BE FOSTER PARENTS.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% SO COME TO OUR WEBSITE AND THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% LEARN MORE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FIND THE ORGANIZATION THAT THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FITS YOU THE BEST IF YOU HAVE THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% INTEREST IN BEING A FOSTER THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% PARENT AND HAVING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR A THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CHILD.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> LADIES, THANK YOU FOR THIS THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CONVERSATION AND CONTINUE TO THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% CONVERSE.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% ABOUT.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% >> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE 1880s BASED ON COMMUNITY% FAMILY HEALTH MATTERS.