Presenters: Christian Bailey, Michelle Lopez
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Administrators

Learning Goals

Participants will:

• Understand how children come into foster care
• Gain a basic knowledge of how child protective services were formed
• Be able to identify the difference between a dependent and delinquent child
• Learn about what Community College of Philadelphia has to offer students who are former foster children

Seminar Description

A child enters foster care every two minutes in the United States. This workshop will focus on the foster care / dependency system and how children are placed into care. Topics will include the legal ramifications, why children are placed into foster care, how to become a foster parent, resources for foster parents, and how CCP assists children who were formerly in foster care.