Fragile Lives
Series produced by Side Effects Public Media
Image by: Michelle Faust, Side Effects Public Media
This series explores the health needs and concerns of foster children.
This feature series explores the health needs and concerns of foster children, a group with complex mental and physical health needs. All pieces take place in Rochester, NY, but the concepts and concerns discussed are common to foster children across the country.
4 Pieces
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As a result of their backgrounds of abuse and neglect, many foster children have developmental delays in early childhood. A curriculum-based day ca...
- Added: May 04, 2016
- Length: 03:28
- Purchases: 2
Kids aging out of foster care can also stay on Medicaid. But having coverage is not the same thing as accessing health care, and without parents to...
- Added: Apr 28, 2016
- Length: 03:19
- Purchases: 2
Because of their backgrounds which often include neglect and abuse, many of the kids in foster care around the country have significant health need...
Bought by KSFR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WMMT
- Added: Apr 28, 2016
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 3
Foster children receive support from the health system and the child welfare system. But the most important piece in their development and recovery...
- Added: Apr 28, 2016
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 2