Aggie Almanac; Independent City (Leaving Foster Care)
Description:
On this special episode we look at older children who are leaving foster care and how the NMSU School of Social Work teamed up with the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department to help prepare them for living on their own. We follow one foster teen, Patricia Robinson, as she explores the interactive “Independent City” conference where 16-23-year-olds learn about things like rent, finding accommodations, cost of living, living with roommates, opening a checking account, interacting with judges and the legal system, finding healthcare, and more. Hosted and produced by Gary Worth. From 0:31:33 to the end of the file are the first four minutes of an episode of “Bake Decorate Celebrate.” A local show that features accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, and alumni at New Mexico State University. This show is largely 10-15-minute field segments (mini-docs) and has excellent features from across southern New Mexico in which NMSU played a role. Highly visual, educational, historic, scientific, political, economic, entertaining, informative.
