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December 29, 2015
For Immediate Release: December 29, 2015
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The holiday break was a little more special for a group of Detroit teens in foster care who enjoyed lunch today with Detroit Lions’ linebacker Tahir Whitehead.
Whitehead teamed up with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to share ways students in foster care can create a support system for themselves that will serve them well throughout their lives.
“The teen years can be tough – especially if you are in a challenging environment and do not have a strong support system,” Whitehead said. “We know being in foster care makes it even more difficult so I wanted to reach out to these students to offer encouragement and to let them know there is help for them to succeed not only in high school but also as they leave foster care and go on to college or other training.”
Whitehead told his personal story to inspire students to develop the healthy habits that can lead to school and life success while Carol Viventi from the MDHHS executive office and representatives from the department’s Youth In Transition program shared resources MDHHS has available to help these students successfully transition from high school to college and beyond.
The lunch event was at Buddy’s Pizza in Farmington Hills.
“Helping more of our young people to successfully transition out of foster care is one of the most important things our department does,” said MDHHS Director Nick Lyon. “We’ve come a long way. In the past, support for these young people was cut off at 18 and they were left to their own devices. In keeping with Governor Snyder’s River of Opportunity approach, that support can now extend to age 21, and we have people and resources in place to help them transition successfully from high school to job training or college to independence.”
Extending foster care to age 21 offers a safety net of supportive services and financial benefits during the critical transition to adulthood, including:
Michigan has become a leader in helping more foster care youth successfully transition to college and has a network of support at a number of colleges in the state to help these young people succeed in college by offering financial support, mentoring and assistance with life skills.
There are approximately 13,000 young people in Michigan’s foster care system at any given time. Some of these youths are reunified with their families. Others are adopted or age out of the system.
More information about the support offered to teens in foster care is available on the MDHHS Foster Youth in Transition page at www.michigan.gov/fyit.
During football season, MDHHS and Whitehead have held a series of events with students from MDHHS Community Schools on select Tuesdays. Whitehead has donated his free time to help Detroit students understand the ways the department can help them and their families tackle obstacles that impede success and their long-term self-sufficiency. These events have touched on health, fitness and succeeding in school. MDHHS Community Schools have community school coordinators working with Pathways to Potential caseworkers, known as success coaches, to make sure community resources are available to assist students and families.
Learn more about Whitehead’s partnership with MDHHS at www.michigan.gov/TahirTuesdays. For more information about how Pathways and Community Schools are helping families remove barriers, visit www.michigan.gov/pathwaystopotential.
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