Barium Springs to hold information session for prospective foster ...
Statesville Record & Landmark - NC, USA
Interested parties are encouraged to drop by anytime between 6 pm and 8 pm to ask questions and get more information about the Foster Care program at Barium ...
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Abused children sent home in foster carer shortage
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
The girl in the foster mother's care was born blind at 24 weeks' gestation and was later abused by her parents. "The parents took her home for six months. ...
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Group shifts strategy over adoption ban
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
The proposal would apply to all adoptions in Arkansas, including private adoptions of children who’ve never been in the state foster-care system. ...
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Bergthold sentenced to 40 years
Benton County Daily Record - Bentonville,AR,USA
Instead, as a foster parent, he preyed on at least two children placed in his care. Bergthold, 46, of Bella Vista admitted Tuesday to sexually abusing two ...
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Foster-Care Youths Speak at Forum / Event Draws Attention to ...
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
The six young people talked of good times and bad in Virginia's foster-care system, but all had a piece of advice for others in foster care. ...
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SVCC students featured on First Lady's panel
South Hill Enterprise - South Hill,VA,USA
Lewis had been in foster care from the age of 11, and Cash from the age of 10. Asked by Holton to describe their experiences in foster care, ...
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Hurricane Ike evacuees with children's foster care ministry wait ...
Mission Network NEws (press release) - Grand Rapids,USA
He says they evacuated 42 foster children and staff last week to Camp Buckner. How they did it was a mark of their care for these kids. ...
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Former foster kid fiinds niche
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USA
By Charlie Patton, The Times-Union Most of those who emerge from Florida's foster care system want to get as far away from it as possible. ...
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Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Honors Local and ...
MarketWatch - USA
This year's two "National Angels," CBS Entertainment and Ashley Rhodes-Courter, were recognized for their adoption and foster care advocacy on a broader, ...
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One kid finds home, another renders unwanted
Times of India - India
On Tuesday, the Shishu Mandir handed over Srinivasa on foster care to Bhavya Mahesh, daughter of Mala who found him under the tree and took care of his ...
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State cuts budget for local foster care agency by $522000
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
This is second in the latest fiscal blows to the Children’s Network, which contracts with the state to care for more than 1800 foster children. ...
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Report outlines
All Around Philly - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Normally a return to strength, in foster care this phrase refers to children who must leave their families again within 12 months of reunification. ...
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Florida's shameful gay adoption ban takes another hit
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
There are thousands of youngsters in foster care who need adoptive parents and good permanent homes, and to deny that option due to sexual orientation is ...
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The Push for Foster Care Reform
NBC 29 News - Charlottesville,VA,USA
About 8000 children across Virginia are in foster care, and that number has grown steadily in the past few years. Virginia First Lady Anne Holton says the ...
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Race gap found in state foster care
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
By JESSICA GROOVER Capital News Service Maryland's African-American children are five times more likely to be in foster care than Caucasian children, ...
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Parent primer
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
Fay's seminar can be useful to all parents, including adoptive and foster parents, says Mary Sourber, director of foster care and adoption at COBYS. ...
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Percentage of black children in foster care alarming
GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA
"Erie County places a disproportionate number of African-American children into foster care," the Pennsylvania Partnerships said in releasing its new ...
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Sentient Communications lends a hand to Sibongile and Home from Home
Bizcommunity.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Recognising the desperate need for foster care of children with special needs, Home from Home created a partnership with Sibongile to acquire a property and ...
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Panel to focus on state's foster care system
Arkansas News - Little Rock,AR,USA
By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - A public hearing this week on ways to improve Arkansas' foster care system is expected to give lawmakers a new opportunity to ...
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Work increases for foster agency
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
The Legislature added $73.5 million to foster care programs in the past two years, including increasing payments to foster parents, continuing a new ...
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Foster parent training course to begin
Kansas.com - KS,USA
People interested in becoming foster parents are invited to register for a 10-week training course that the Salvation Army's Foster Care Program is ...
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Pa. report praises and faults C&Y foster care
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA
By David Pierce Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children says the county does a great job of preventing children with an initial foster-care placement from ...
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Expanded programs benefit kids in foster care
Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
EUREKA -- At any given time, about 250 children are in foster care in Humboldt County. And being in foster care usually means a child has experienced a ...
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Wine tasting to aid foster care
Baltimore Sun - United States
Proceeds will benefits the organization's efforts to help local youth in foster care develop skills for independent living. Eight tasting stations will ...
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County excels in some areas of foster care, is low in others
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
About 20000 children are in foster care at any time in Pennsylvania, and they typically stay in the system for 16 months. "The county should work to move ...
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Helping Hands
Stillwater NewsPress - Stillwater,Oklahoma,USA
St. Francis Community Services Therapeutic Foster Care program is in need of committed families to provide Bridge Foster Care services to Payne County ...
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Sunday's editorial: Good work for children; more to be done
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The state-run system in Jackson County had to meet more than 800 standards in management and care of children who arrive in foster care because of abuse or ...
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Darlington, other Pee Dee counties in need of foster homes
South Carolina Now - South Carolina,USA
By Jamie Rogers DARLINGTON — Each year, thousands of children enter the foster care system in South Carolina — a system that seeks to provide the best of ...
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Program aims to help foster care children reach college
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education has raised $2 million toward a goal of $10 million to endow a program to help foster care children ...
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Foster Parents of the Year honored for their contributions
Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City,KS,USA
One of the main goals of the Saint Francis Community Services organization is foster care reintegration. Saint Francis makes every effort to keep a child in ...
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Birmingham foster case social worker of year is a man
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
Watson, a six-year DHR veteran, was recently named Birmingham's foster care social worker of the year. Only 9 percent of social workers with the Alabama ...
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Children spend too much time in foster care, group contends
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Mary Pickels Children in foster care should stay for shorter periods and more of them need to be placed with family members, says a children's advocacy ...
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BC's independent children's watchdog releases first annual report
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
... who was unhappy with his foster home placement was helped in gaining an exception to policy and placed in restricted foster care with an aunt and uncle. ...
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A Closet Full Of Treasures
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA
LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― Fashion is always fun, and Taylor's Closet of Fort Lauderdale is making sure young women in foster care are looking good and feeling ...
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Tom Miller: State's Democratic base may be showing a few cracks
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
The annual United Mine Workers Labor Day picnic in Boone County featured most of West Virginia's dominant Democratic Party leaders, but it failed to attract ...
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Foster care is revolving door for many kids
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
Children who end up in Pennsylvania's foster-care system encounter many obstacles to finding stable, nurturing homes, a statewide children's advocacy group ...
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Foster care costs straining budget
Ashland Times Gazette - Ashland,OH,USA
ACDJFS Director Gary Hannan said his department needs an additional $360000 to provide for foster care expenses because $840000 already appropriated for ...
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Author of foster-care memoir will speak at forum in Henrico
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
By KARIN KAPSIDELIS When he was growing up in foster care, Andrew Bridge had a "fortunate set of skills" that helped him take the step out of a system that ...
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Rockefeller applauds federal adoption incentives measure
Beckley Register-Herald (subscription) - Beckley,WV,USA
Among the incentives are those that update state means of encouraging permanency for children in foster care through adoption or guardianship. ...
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Report: Some children languish in foster care
Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA
A statewide children’s advocacy group released a new report Wednesday giving Pennsylvania’s foster care system low marks as a whole. ...
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Motions filed in foster care abuse case
Pekin Daily Times - Pekin,IL,USA
Nolan asked Morris if she was a foster parent. Morris said the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had taken her foster care license because ...
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Study cites foster program shortfalls
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
Most will spend up to 16 months in foster care. Of those, about a third will return to a foster home within a year of being reunited with their families. ...
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Report: Some Pa. children languish in foster care
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
Children who end up in Pennsylvania’s foster-care system encounter many obstacles to finding stable, nurturing homes, a statewide children’s advocacy group ...
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Forum Examines Kinship Care Outcomes; Child Welfare Policy ...
AScribe (press release) - USA
11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study that found children in kinship care undergo fewer placements than children in foster care, were less likely to remain in ...
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Slum women struggle with aid orphans
Africa Science News Service - Nairobi,Kenya
According to ANPCAN program director, Ms Susan Chege, the organization advocates for foster care other than adoption in children’s homes. ...
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Report: Kids bounce back to foster homes if family problems not ...
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The rate jumps even higher among city teens ages 13 to 15 - 60 percent of that age group wind up back in foster care, according to the report. ...
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Report on DHS hits return rate
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Children discharged from foster care are "highly likely" to reenter. But there is success for those placed with relatives. By Alfred Lubrano A new, ...
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Results for Berks are mixed in state study of foster care
Reading Eagle - Reading,PA,USA
By Mary E. Young Berks County - Some children removed from their homes in Berks County because of abuse or neglect are staying in foster care seven times ...
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Report finds too many Pa. children remain too long in foster care
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Children who end up in Pennsylvania's foster care system encounter many obstacles to finding stable, nurturing homes ...
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Foster Agencies Face Budget Cuts
WXIA-TV - Atlanta,GA,USA
The kids with severe behavioral and emotional issues receive what's known as therapeutic foster care -- but the agencies that provide it say they may have ...
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Children trapped in system
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
About 25 percent of county children return to foster care within a year of going back to their families. By ANGIE MASON About one in four York County ...
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In brief: Geistown Cub Scouts holding registration
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
Nearly 30 percent of all children statewide who are reunited with their families end up returning to foster care within a year, and that rate is as high as ...
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US Sen. Grassley: Wins committee passage of bill to help foster ...
IowaPolitics.com (press release) - IA,USA
WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee today approved legislation first proposed by Senator Chuck Grassley to help move kids in foster care to permanent ...
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Improvement needed to help kids in foster care
PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
by GARRY LENTON, The Patriot-News Too many children in foster care bounce back to the system, or fail to find a permanent home, according to a study by ...
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Congress must pass legislation to help foster care children
Carolina Peacemaker - Greensboro,NC,USA
by Marian Wright Edelman Congress has a unique opportunity before it leaves Washington, DC at the end of September to help children in foster care by ...
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Lynx Team Up with Department of Human Services and Six Metro ...
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
The Foster Care System is designed to enable children to remain in their communities and close to siblings, other family members and friends. ...
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Consider helping children by becoming foster parents
St. George Daily Spectrum - St. George,UT,USA
Become a foster parent. Why not consider providing urgent immediate care for children? This arrangement works well for families who want to help out for ...
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Phila. kids re-enter foster care at ‘extremely high rates’
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Alfred Lubrano Philadelphia children discharged from foster care re-enter the system at "extremely high rates," according to a new report on child ...
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New Report Shows 20000 Children in Foster Care in PA
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
The report exposes some startling statistics in counties' child welfare systems -- such as the high rate of re-entry for children released from foster care ...
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FOSTER CARE: Va. first lady promotes reform
Bethany Beach Wave - Bethany Beach,DE,USA
The former juvenile court judge has used her position as first lady as a platform to push for improvements to the state’s foster care program, ...
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Virginia first lady urges Beach to find more foster families
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
Holton, a former juvenile court judge, has used her position as first lady as a platform to push for improvements to the state’s foster care program, ...
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Electronic Health Records Improve Care for Texas Foster Children
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
Once the bill passed, the HHSC held sessions with the DFPS, foster care providers, advocacy groups, health-care providers and technology companies, ...
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Young woman spreads wings after foster care
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
She entered foster care when she was seven and just got out at 19. "It was crazy always moving and you never really knew where you were going next," she ...
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Second report blasts foster care service
Lancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UK
... assessment on foster carers' homes that have not been signed off properly, or where carers sanctioned to provide care for children aged up to eight, ...
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Bryant visits Hope Village
Meridian Star - Meridian,MS,USA
Hope Village is a refuge for troubled children for whom the foster care system has not worked. Most of the children there have been abused in one way or ...
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Foster children prep for independence
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
“We’re trying to encourage our foster care kids to take ownership of their own lives and to be an active participant in developing their own career goals,” ...
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ANTIOCH: NO ABUSE REPORTED PRIOR TO FOSTER CHILD'S ALLEGED MURDER
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Jazzmin had been placed in foster care with her aunt, 37-year-old Shemeeka Davis shortly after she was born, Rhorer said. Although Davis lived in Antioch, ...
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Inside Private Lives Performance Benefits Foster Care Children
Pasadena Now - Pasadena,CA,USA
... the acclaimed theatre production, and event sponsors are hosting a benefit performance for Hillsides, a Pasadena foster care children’s charity, ...
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Congress Must Pass Legislation to Help Children in Foster Care
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Congress has a unique opportunity before it leaves Washington, DC at the end of September to help children in foster care by enacting important innovative ...
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SPCA needs more people for foster care
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
In this community of several thousand households, only 38 volunteer with the Foster Care Program, the lowest number in the province. ...
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PUNCEC: Maybe it's time to bring back orphanages
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
By the mid-1900s an alternative system, foster care, emerged as the answer. Children would be raised in a family setting while large and expensive ...
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PUNCEC: Maybe it's time to bring back orphanages
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
By the mid-1900s an alternative system, foster care, emerged as the answer. Children would be raised in a family setting while large and expensive ...
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High-flyers and smart thinkers
Times Online - UK
Founded in 1989, it has nine centres providing residential care, foster care and education for about 350 children. “Some children are so challenging they ...
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Keeping foster kids on right track
Seattle Times - United States
WASHINGTON state has been under a court order to improve its track record in foster care. A survey of youths once in the system highlights. ...
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For some children in state care, adoption comes as happy ending
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
These children are most likely to linger in foster care, so when a child like Destiny has an adoptive home waiting, any avoidable delay is maddening. ...
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Howard County adoptions drop
Baltimore Sun - United States
Overall, Howard has between 85 and 95 children living away from their families - in foster care or in group homes - at any one time, Barnes said. ...
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Foster program could mean new life for many animals at county's ...
Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA
By Michelle Guffey | South Carolina Bureau AIKEN --- The Aiken County Animal Shelter's foster care program is now up and running and is looking for ...
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Tropicalia: Camp reunites separated foster siblings
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
By Kristy Vaughn • Special to news-press.com • September 7, 2008 Children in foster care would no doubt say that changes in scenery are not always happy ...
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Crowded foster homes probed
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
"What we are examining is whether all of the benefits that generally accrue with family based foster care, whether or not those benefits continue or whether ...
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Antioch slaying victim never claimed abuse
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
How the alleged abuse could have gone undetected by teachers, school administrators and Jazzmin's longtime foster care case worker from San Francisco's ...
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Foster Care Agencies Face Cutbacks
WXIA-TV - Atlanta,GA,USA
CCS CEO Sally Buchanan says her agency contracts with DFCS to provide extra assistance called Therapeutic Foster Care to help deal with the behavioral and ...
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Summit Church Hosts "100 Waiting Children''
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
The exhibit focuses on 100 youngsters who have been in New Jersey's foster care system the longest and are in greatest need of finding a permanent home ...
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Survey of WA foster care teens finds most happy
Seattle Times - United States
A survey of Washington teens in foster care found the kids feel they are treated OK, but don't see their social workers enough and aren't getting the help ...
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Touchdowns For Families Returns
ParamusPost.com - Paramus,NJ,USA
The team has independently committed an additional $5000 to support Children’s Aid and Family Services’ foster care and adoptive families recruitment ...
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Pug Rescue encounters surge in neglected dogs
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
The organization has since expanded to include foster care. Keeping dogs in foster care enables caregivers to find the best "forever home "match available, ...
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Baby in foster care dies in van
Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA
A 9-month-old girl died Tuesday when her foster mother left her in a closed minivan for more than two hours. A custody hearing was scheduled this month for ...
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Growing number of foster-care kids need homes
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The agency matches children in Arizona's foster-care system with adoptive and foster parents, mentors and friends. In 10 years, AASK has placed more than ...
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SF foster care agency placed girl, 15, who died in Antioch
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... woman through San Francisco's foster care agency, but years of case worker records show no indication of abuse, the head of the agency said Thursday. ...
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Despite bad experiences, teens in foster care optimistic about futures
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Officials, he said, are working on improving foster care. "We want these kids to be prepared because they are not going to have a family to fall back on ...
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Free: Law and Children
New York Law Journal - New York,NY,USA
This column provides a brief overview of the current picture facing youth in foster care to give readers context for understanding the importance of the ...
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Parents Saddened by Infant's Death While in Foster Care
MyFox Atlanta - Atlanta,GA,USA
The 19-year-old mother said the state took her daughter in April and placed her in foster care. Carter said she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ...
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Texas drops half of cases in polygamist sect raid
Houston Chronicle - United States
They were scattered to foster care facilities across the state in April and remained there for about two months until the Texas Supreme Court ruled that ...
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Kids found in filthy apartment to remain in foster care
Houston Chronicle - United States
The grandmother works and would have to place three of the children in day care, which she cannot afford. The grandmother's partner, according to the ...
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College of St. J receives $80000 grant
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
The current research on this segment of the Vermont population suggests that there are approximately 1400 children in foster care, said college officials. ...
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Doctors Foster and Smith and Midwest Airlines Join Forces to Make ...
MarketWatch - USA
"Midwest Airlines is synonymous with 'The best care in the air' for customers and their pets," said Doctors Foster and Smith Program Manager Matt Stelter, ...
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No need to fear, Underdog Rescue is here
Lake Villa Review - Lake Villa,IL,USA
By MARCIA SAGENDORPH msagendorph@pioneerlocal.com The Antioch-based non-profit foster care network for dogs and cats matches animals throughout Lake County ...
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Lakeshore update
Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc,WI,USA
MANITOWOC — An informational meeting about foster care will be held from 9:30 to 11 am Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Manitowoc County Human Services Department, ...
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Baby in Foster Care Dies After Being Left in Hot Van in Jackson
MyFox Atlanta - Atlanta,GA,USA
Investigators said the child was placed in foster care with Osborne and her husband. The couple was also caring for two other girls, ages 15 and 16. ...
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Counties merge forces to provide better foster care
Cetennial Citizen - Littleton,CO,USA
Foster care staff from both counties relocated to a single-shared location at Arapahoe County’s Arapahoe Plaza building, 1690 W. Littleton Blvd. The idea of ...
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Looking For a Happy Ending
Action 3 News - Omaha,NE,USA
They just need a family and that's all they're looking for." Nemer is familiar with the foster care system. She's taken care of at least 50 babies. ...
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Let community help in times of need
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
There are many resources out there for foster parents and parents of autistic children, so you should quickly check out Web sites for national foster care ...
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Dad charged with torture, manslaughter
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
A TWO-year-old boy died from head injuries just weeks after returning to his parents from foster care, a Brisbane court has been told. ...
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Weeks-old infant put in foster care after reportedly drinking ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
By RENEE C. LEE MONTGOMERY — A 2-week-old boy has been placed with a foster family following an incident last week in which the infant is believed to have ...
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State Department of Children and Families seeking volunteers for ...
The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield,MA,USA
Under federal law, a case review must be conducted twice a year for each child who has been in foster care for more than six months, said Carol A. Judd, ...
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Kinship Care Is A Family Affair
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
Without kinship care, many of these children would end up in foster care, Jacobs said, adding that studies have shown that kinship care usually is better ...
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Dream come true
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
We moved around a lot when I was little, and it was getting harder for my Nana to get to my lessons, and then I went into foster care and my lessons stopped ...
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More kids in foster care system need homes
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
The agency matches children in Arizona's foster care system with adoptive and foster parents, mentors and friends. In 10 years, AASK has placed more than ...
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Interview: Ryan Robson
guardian.co.uk - UK
Of the 60000 looked-after children in England, 71% are currently in foster care. The report estimates that, just to cope with existing demand, ...
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DEAR provides respite for caregivers
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com - Hillsboro,OR,USA
I can attest to the value of activities and recreation from my six years of providing adult foster care. My home was adopted by a church youth group. ...
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Fire destroys adult foster care home in Van Buren Township
MLive.com - MI,USA
Courtesy of Van Buren Township Fire DepartmentFirefighters battle a blaze that destroyed an adult foster care home early Tuesday in Van Buren Township. ...
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New no-kill shelter to open in Pima County
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
We get almost all of our animals from Pima Animal Care Center, when they would otherwise be euthanized, and we put them in foster care," said Maureen Hickey ...
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Worker helps brighten foster children's lives
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
Conway resident Amber Wallace knows firsthand the hardships children face in foster care. She and her husband see their teenage daughter, whom they adopted ...
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Watauga County Animal Control Needs Foster Care for Animals
Go Blue Ridge - Boone,NC,USA
According to a spokesperson for the shelter, fostering is a wonderful experience, and all foster care-givers have to do is feed, water, provide exercise and ...
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Hounslow foster care praised
Hounslow Chronicle - London,England,UK
... young people, foster carers and staff were in place. Hounslow has more than 330 children and young people in care, who, for a variety of reasons, ...
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Reaching out to kids in trouble
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
The local youth services officer in charge of foster care, he reads the horror stories some children face daily. The Department of Children's Services ...
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Children’s charity launches hard-hitting campaign
PrecisionMarketing - London,England,UK
Donors are being asked to support NCH’s Therapeutic Foster Care, which helped Emily turn her life around by providing stability and mentoring. ...
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Job well done
High Point Enterprise (subscription) - High Point,NC,USA
By David Nivens GUILFORD COUNTY - State officials and a leading foundation have rated highly the Department of Social Services for improving foster care and ...
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Jennifer Veitch: For society's sake we must mind for children in care
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... foster carer for one child. Placements don't always work out; more than half of all kids who have been in care have at least one mental health problem, ...
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Arkansas Moves to Ban GLBTs from Fostering and Adopting
Gay Wired - Los Angeles,CA,USA
A child in foster care living with the aunt and her boyfriend of 20 years would have to be taken out of the family and placed with strangers no matter how ...
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Finding a Mother A family pieces together the life of the girls ...
The Register-Guard - Eugene,OR,USA
When she was removed from her mother’s care, she had been raised by her grandparents in Benton County. Their brother Ariel, now 23, had been in foster care ...
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