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together on Wednesday, Nov. 18, to
discuss "Aging Out of Foster Care:
Overcoming the Odds," the 12th
annual Lois Zaas Advocacy Lecture
presented by National Council of
Jewish Women/Cleveland (NCJW).
The event takes place at Temple
Emanu El, 4545 Brainard Rd. in Or-
ange Village. Doors open at 6 pm.
ter-care child and a social worker's
overview of foster-care children
and the system, as well as the
Ohio legislature's responsibility for
foster care. The event includes a
Resource Fair prior to the program
where attendees can learn about
organizations and services sup-
porting foster children.
in Fresno, California. After their
abandonment by both parents, she
and her two sisters became wards
of the California Court System,
moving in and out of foster homes
for the next fourteen years. Her
book, Like Family: Growing Up in
Other People's Houses, A Memoir, is
the powerful and haunting story of
the years she and her sisters spent
as foster children.
by working as a nurses' aide, a
pizza-delivery girl, an auto-plant
worker and a cocktail waitress
before discovering her writing
talent. She received her MFA in
poetry from the University of
Michigan in 1996.
cy's chief clinician and clinical
liaison to the community and is
responsible for administering op-
erations of the agency's program
divisions, program development,
agency performance-improve-
ment initiatives, and clinical-train-
ing programs.
Mental Health Disaster Team and
chair of an Israeli Defense Forces
(IDF) project supporting the mental
health consultation needs of a "spe-
cial populations" branch in Israel.
His areas of clinical interest include
disruptive behavior disorders, juve-
nile offenders, reactive attachment
disorder and improving the quality
of life for foster children.
homelessness and human traf-
ficking when they age out," said
Linda Barnett, president, NCJW/
Cleveland. "NCJW has developed
programs with a focus on foster
care to educate the community
and serve these young people."
the family of the late Lois Zaas, who
was an NCJW local and national
activist. The event is free and open
to the public with reservations
requested at 216.379.2204, ext.
100, or www.ncjwcleveland.org.
A dessert reception follows the pro-
gram. Dietary laws observed.
to be given to foster children, to
offer security as they are shuffled
from place to place.