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Bill to extend foster care support age heads to House floor
A bill extending the age which foster children can access support from 21 to 23 is now headed to the House floor.
‘It’s a new start’: Chair-ity helps youth aging out of foster care set up their first homes
Many Cuyahoga County youth are aging out of foster care with nothing to help them start life as an adult. But regional ...
Middle school boy in Texas foster care says he wants a family to give him hugs
Every week on KVUE, we feature a different child in the Texas foster care system, in hopes of helping them get adopted by a ...
Former foster child now an advocate for more safeguards, benefits for kids in the system
Sophia Coffey knows foster care in Florida as only a foster kid can — and she is determined to change it. Growing up in the ...
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'Happy Trails for Kids' gets permanent home for foster kids summer camp after LA County donates land
A local organization recently received more than 100 acres of land in Acton from Los Angeles County hat will permanently ...
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Texas foster home linked to boy’s death had history of fight clubs and sexual misconduct, report says
The death of an 11-year-old at a Greenville residential treatment center is among 16 deaths reported in the Texas foster care ...
Details emerge in death of child in Texas foster care; court upholds judge's removal
Investigators found that an 11-year-old boy died during a movie theater outing after foster care staff ignored signs of ...
15,000 adoptions and counting: Wendy’s foundation helping more foster kids find homes, including in Cleveland
Recruiters through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption have helped over 15,000 kids lingering in the foster system find homes and support systems before they age out - including in Cleveland.
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Idaho Health and Welfare looks to increase workforce, decrease number of foster kids
Idaho's Department of Health and Welfare is seeking to increase its workforce with a request for 104 new employees to enhance youth safety and permanency servic ...
Lawsuit aims to create change in NC foster care system
The fact sheet on Taiwan, updated last week, retains Washington's opposition to unilateral change from either Taiwan or from ...
Why Kansas lawmakers may change legal definition of neglect for foster care
New definition emphasizes that kids can’t be taken from their family because of poverty. But police and lawyers say it might ...
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After years of advocacy, foster youth say Michigan schools still need to fix a key systemic problem
On Tuesday, foster youth and advocates told the State Board of Education they want the Michigan Department of Education and ...