Tag: foster care

It is estimated that one in six people are born with some type of developmental disability. Since 1981, Toward Maximum Independence has provided independent living services, serving as a vendor with the San Diego Regional Center. TMI, like many other nonprofit agencies has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, as its search for resource families (foster care families)...

Susie Gallo, 22, of La Mesa, is entering her last year at SDSU majoring in interdisciplinary studies with focuses on criminal justice and American Indian studies cultural proficiency. The youngest of six children, she is the first in her family to receive a college education, living much of her life in and out of the foster care system. Gallo...