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A foster care system where every child has a loving home | Sixto Cancel

May 24, 2023

Sixto Cancel, founder of Think of Us, shares his transformative journey from being placed in foster care at 11 months to advocating for systemic reforms. He highlights the emotional toll of traditional foster care and discusses the urgent need for kinship care, which connects children with familiar family members or caregivers. Sixto's ambitious plan aims to create loving homes for thousands of children, challenging the status quo and inspiring hope with a simple yet powerful switch in the child welfare system.

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Transforming Foster Care Through Kinship Connections

12min

In the US, youth in foster care are nearly twice as likely as war veterans to suffer from PTSD. Placed in foster care at just 11 months old, 2023 Audacious Project grantee Sixto Cancel experienced the faults of the system firsthand. Now, he's the founder of Think of Us, an organization working to reform child welfare by centering kinship care, or placing a child with an extended family member or a familiar adult. Learn more about his plan to help thousands of kids searching for a loving home with one simple, systemic switch. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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