Weaver's Blog

It's kind of difficult sometimes to sum up a complicated story in less than 2 minutes on TV so I wanted to expand a bit on the story I produced today.

The Guilford County Department of Social Services is revamping their Foster Kid Program.  They are basically starting from scratch, reassigning caseworkers and implementing cutting edge ideas to help teenage Foster Children adapt to the adult world.

In the past Foster kids have grown up and aged out of the Foster Programs and joined the real world with little or no continuing support from the adults who raised them.  Alot of these young adults have had major trouble transitioning to successful adulthood.

This new program is going to provide mentoring, guidance and many of the personal relationships that are lost when these kids lose their real families.

It's going to take community involvment, however,  to make the program a success but it sounds like a very well laid out plan.

The young man I interiviewed for the story is one of the success stories of having a great case worker and positive interaction from caring adults.  He also spoke of the bad times in his life where he lost focus.  Luckily he found his way and is now in college planning to get a PhD and become a history Professor.

But he has seen his buddies go down the wrong path without proper guidance so he knows this program is a step in the right direction.