The UT Spark program concluded June with yet another successful teen camp. For more than a decade, Spark has brought dozens of foster youth to UT Austin for its annual Camp Longhorn conference. The camp gives students a chance to…
A new study by TXICFW Director Dr. Monica Faulkner, Dr. Barbara Ball, and colleague Dr. Rebecca J. Gomez explores how child welfare can be reimagined through peer recovery specialists, using lived experience to shape policy. Parental substance use is a…
The UT Spark Program empowers youth with foster care experience to succeed by providing vital resources and fostering meaningful personal and professional connections. May is National Foster Care Month and the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) is…