Mockingbird in the News
A collection of articles and recordings from various newspapers and other publications and media featuring or related to The Mockingbird Society, the Mockingbird Times, or the Executive Director, Jim Theofelis.
- Life After Foster Care, Jim Theofelis featured on KUOW’s The Weekday Show — 5/7/08
www.kuow.org/programs/weekday.asp?Archive=5-7-2008 - Foster kids in court system need a lawyer's services, Jim Theofelis, guest columnist, Seattle PI — 2/5/08
seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/349984_foster05.html - Foster Care: Worthy Legal Pilot, Seattle PI Editorial Board — 1/30/08
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Foster Kids No Longer Shown Door at 18, KUOW — 5/07/2007
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New help for youths in state foster care, The Seattle Times — 5/6/2007
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Laws help foster kids who turn 18 Gregoire signs measures that expand aid for health care, rent, college, The News Tribune — 5/5/2007
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Laws assist ex-foster children, The Olympian — 5/5/2007
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Laws give older foster kids more medical, housing, college help , KOMO TV — 5/4/2007
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The Conversation: Interview with Jim Theofelis and Mellissa Stringer, KUOW — 3/23/2007
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Foster children ask state for help, The Olympian — 2/10/2007
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Foster Care: Logical solution, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — 1/14/2007
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The Seattle 26, Puget Sound Area’s Most Influential People of 2006, Seattle Magazine — November 2006
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Landmark policy aims to reduce youth homelessness, Casey Family Programs Newsletter — Summer 2006
www.casey.org/MediaCenter/Newsletter/2006Summer/HB2002.htm - Mockingbird Family Model, Ryther Child Center Newsletter — Summer 2006
- Group home helps kids re-enter the system, Yakima Herald — 7/2/2006
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One World Report, KBCS — 5/25/2006
www.bcc.ctc.edu/kbcs/downloads/One_World_Report/OWR_20060525/OWR_20060525_Jamica_MockingbirdSociety_Sarah.mp3 - No Place Like Home, Interview with two Mockingbird Times Reporters, Maleka and Anthony, Seattle Magazine — May 2006
- Mockingbird Family Model, Youth Advocates Newsletter — Spring 2006
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Close up: Foster Kids, KIRO News Radio — 4/12/2006
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Foster Care Extension Now Law, Olympian — 3/29/2006
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WA Foster Kids Celebrate Victory in Olympia, KPLU 88.5, NPR — 3/29/2006
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Foster Kids Merit Further Support, Olympian — 2/12/2006
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Bill Makes Education an Incentive for Foster Kids, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — 2/11/06
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Youth Support Foster Care Bill, KPLU 88.5, NPR — 2/3/2006
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Foster Youth to Lobby for Bill, KPLU 88.5, NPR — 2/2/2006
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More Like Family, Spokesman Review — 1/19/2006
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Capitol Watch: Beat it Kids, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Editorial Board — 1/18/2006
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Foster Kids Pushed Out of Nest too Early, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Guest Columnists — 12/20/2005
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Foster Families Love ‘Grandma’s House’, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — 11/25/2005
seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/249749_mockingbird25.html - Working and Writing for Change, Real Change News — August 2002 www.realchangenews.org/pastissuesupgrade/2002_08_08/features/working.html
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New Newspaper's Staff Shares Background of Homelessness and Foster Care, Children's Bureau Express — May 2002
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Teen journalists learn the power — and responsibility — of the press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — April 2002
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Legislation promotes foster children's sibling ties, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — February 2002
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New state task force targets foster kids, Seattle Times — February 2002
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Mockingbird Times Comes Out Singing, Connect for Kids — October 2001
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Foster-care system to be scrutinized by its charges: Young writers hope to educate public with paper, Seattle Times — August 2001
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P-I Focus: Money is at the root of change in child welfare system, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — August 2001
seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/33888_theoop.shtml