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Foster Mother's Day

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.13.2013 | Impact
Read More: Child Protective Services, The-Chronicle-of-Social-Change, Fostering Media Connections, Dcfs, Foster Care, Foster Care Counts, The Fosters, Daniel Heimpel, Foster Mothers Day, Impact News
Daniel Heimpel

At 28 years old each, Eric and Mindy Shamp are already well on their way to building a big loving family. In the past year-and-a-half, they have welcomed 11 children into their home.

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The Power of Foster Care Politics

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 08.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Alcee Hastings, Child Welfare, Fostering Media Connections, Senator Mary Landrieu, Roy Blunt, Education, Al Franken, Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, The Chronicle of Social Change, Mitt Romney, Tom Marino, Daniel Heimpel, Karen Bass, Amy Klobuchar, Barack Obama, Adoption, Frederica Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Michele Bachmann, Mark Begich, Orphan, Child Power, Chuck Grassley, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, Colbert Report, Ferpa, Foster Care, John Stewart, Politics News
Daniel Heimpel

While the nation bemoans a "gridlocked" Congress and Comedy Central's Messrs. Stewart and Colbert aptly ridicule both presidential candidates for a disregard of specificity on one hand and hubris on the other, I have borne witness to a very different vision of our elected leadership.

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Demanding A Better Education For Children In Foster Care

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 08.14.2011 | Home
Read More: The Rhode Island Foster Parents Association, No Child Left Behind, Angelo McClain, Participant Media, Education, Fostering Media Connections, Chidl Welfare, Cwla, Daniel Heimpel, The Einhorn Family Charitable Trust, Christine James-Brown, Waiting for Superman, David Kirp, Marian Wright Edelman, The United Way of Pioneer Valley, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, Nclb, Slidepollajax, Esea, Harvard Law School, The Stuart Foundation, The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Western New England College, Foster Care, Education Reform, Home News
Daniel Heimpel

The education of children in foster care is one step in a long, needed march towards a future where we put all children first.

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On the Road to Educational Equality

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 07.24.2011 | Home
Read More: Angelo McClain, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Child Welfare, Senator Mary Landrieu, Mitchell Chester, Children, Sixto Cancel, No Child Left Behind, Orphans, Fostering Media Connections, Daniel Heimpel, Participant Media, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Waiting for Superman, Education, Department of Children and Families, Marta Minow, Harvard Law School, Senator Chuck Grassley, Einhorn Family Charitable Trust, Foster Care, Home News
Daniel Heimpel

Town Hall at Harvard Law School highlights the intersection of foster care and education.

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Fighting To Give Foster Children The Support They Deserve

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Dan Hatcher, Pete Stark, Fostering Media Connections, Child Welfare, Aging Out, First Star, Children's Advocacy Institute, Daniel Heimpel, Foster Care, Foster Children, Children, Impact News
Daniel Heimpel

The chain of responsibility for children in the foster care system culminates with us, and by virtue of our Democratic process, those who represent us.

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The Future of Foster Care: Are We Too Cheap to Keep Children Safe?

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Fostering Media Connections, Abuse, Disproportionality, Orphan, Bias, Racism, Harvard Law School, Elizabeth Bartholet, Maltreatment, Daniel Heimpel, Foster Care, Neglect, Impact News
Daniel Heimpel

If making children safe truly requires changing the overarching ideology, then juvenile judges, social workers, children's rights attorneys and social scientists cannot do it alone.

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Responsibility Lost

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: IV-E Waiver, Orphan, Child Welfare, Dcfs, Garrett Therolf, Trish Ploehn, Zev Yaroslavsky, Daniel Heimpel, Child Death, Foster Care, La Impact, Los Angeles News
Daniel Heimpel

Los Angeles Times' reckless coverage of child deaths threatens the very children we trust it intends to protect.

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From Country Music to Media: Young Superstars Give Foster Youth Power

Christine James-Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Foster Children, Child Welfare, Youth, Children, Jimmy Wayne, Media, Daniel Heimpel, Cwla, Families, Foster Care, School, Country Music, Impact News
Christine James-Brown

Over the years, I met those who have found that "greatness" within and used it to change lives, including country music sensation Jimmy Wayne and award-winning journalist Daniel Heimpel.

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Shining A Light On The U.S. Foster Care System (VIDEO)

C-SPAN | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Journalists, Foster Care, Parenting, Fostercare, Foster Children, Video, Daniel Heimpel, Healthy Living News

Huffington Post blogger Daniel Heimpel, founder and project director of Fostering Media Connections, was interviewed on "C-SPAN's Washington Journal" ...

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Protecting Foster Care Children: The Power Of The Powerless

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Suamhirs Rivera, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cps, Daniel Heimpel, Shwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Foster Care, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Daniel Heimpel

The story of Suahmirs Rivera is one of powerlessness turned inner strength. A strength he's now using to defend 1,400 former foster youth who fear being cast into the street because of one of budget cuts.

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Of Bricks And Boomerangs: Social Worker's Tuitions And California's Prisons

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Government, California, Ucb, Children, UC Regents, Prison, Ucla, Jerry Brown, Daniel Heimpel, Karen Bass, Foster Care, Economy, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Daniel Heimpel

To save money the UC System was about to raise undergraduate tuition by 32 percent, in addition to hiking fees for professional degrees.

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Invest In Child Care, Invest In The Future

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Child Welfare, California, Economics, Children, Budget, Fostering-Connections-to-Success-and-Increasing-Adoptions-Act, Karen Bass, Daniel Heimpel, Foster Care, Congressional Budget Office, Family, Economy, Healthy Living News
Daniel Heimpel

Shortsighted budgeting has befallen most public entitlements, including foster care. This despite years of research that has consistently shown that investing in children is met with positive returns.

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