At the beginning of every year, I find myself thinking less about resolutions and more about intentions. The quieter kind. The ones that ask: Who can I show up for this year? In my work with Seneca’s Resource Family Program, that question feels especially important, because the kids and teens we serve didn’t choose the circumstances that brought them into foster care.
Sometimes the most meaningful changes start with a simple question: What do our students and families need right now? Leaders at James Baldwin Academy (JBA), one of Seneca’s Nonpublic Schools, thought to ask this question during one of the most demanding and uncertain times of the year.
At Seneca, we believe youth and families should take an active role in designing their own care plans. After all – who understands their unique needs better than themselves? One of the ways we achieve this is through our Wraparound program. Wraparound is team-based, personalized support for young people and their families who are experiencing complex challenges that put those youth at risk of out-of-home care or disruption to their…
For some families, there comes a moment where it feels impossible to do it all alone. In the Barnes household, that moment arrived earlier than expected for their son Phoenix.
When the phone rang that afternoon, Melissa and Jessica didn’t know that one simple “yes” would change their lives forever. The couple had just gotten licensed through Seneca’s Resource Family Program to provide respite care, a short-term arrangement designed to give caregivers a break while offering children support. That’s when they received the call: “Can…
The parents of 6-year-old Mateo* were struggling to raise three children with limited healthcare access. In addition, the threat of housing insecurity in a Spanish-only home made communicating with service providers difficult. When Mateo, the youngest of the three, began exhibiting challenging behavior at school and home, a concerned neighbor brought the family to the…
13-year-old Alex* had endured multiple foster care home moves that left them feeling unsafe and disconnected, with suicidal thoughts and daily outbursts of shouting, hitting, and throwing things. When they entered Seneca’s emergency placement program, they began individual child therapy with a clinician to process significant early childhood trauma and explore their gender identity. While…
Teen Daysia* was overwhelmed trying to juggle her grandmother’s recent death, bullying at school, and working part-time to help support her family. Feeling like things were spiraling out of control, she resorted to self-harming behavior. She was already seeing an embedded Seneca therapist at school. The therapist began working with Daysia and her parents to…
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