Northwest student goes from foster care to pageant flair | Local News | newspressnow.com

Northwest student goes from foster care to pageant flair | Local News | newspressnow.com       “I was in foster care at age 9,” she said. “And in one of the foster care homes, I was sexually abused by two older guys. I did not have a normal childhood. I had to take care […]

Navigating Kansas foster care system can be a challenge for parents | Welcome to Wyandotte Daily!

Navigating Kansas foster care system can be a challenge for parents | Welcome to Wyandotte Daily! by Meg Wingerter, Kansas News Service Editor’s note: Kansas privatized its foster care system in 1997, after a lawsuit revealed widespread problems. Twenty years later, the number of Kansas children in foster care has shot up — by a […]

Foster Care: What’s pushing more kids into Foster Care? | American SPCC

Foster Care: What’s pushing more kids into Foster Care? | American SPCC By Nick Fouriezos Tina Persinger’s office is a wooden desk in a thrift store in tiny Grantsville, a 7,000-or-so-resident town nestled between the winding, cell-signal-free hills of West Virginia. When Persinger was hired as director of Calhoun County’s Family Resource Network two years […]

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CASA looking for more volunteers to help children in Oklahoma County foster care system | KOKH

CASA looking for more volunteers to help children in Oklahoma County foster care system | KOKH by Jordann Lucero Community members see a court room at the Oklahoma County Juvenile Center during a CASA open house. (Courtesy: CASA) AA Every year, hundreds of children are placed into the foster care system. CASA Oklahoma County is […]

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Opioid epidemic leaving more children in Alabama’s foster care system

Opioid epidemic leaving more children in Alabama’s foster care system Copy Link Copy WVTM 13 Digital Opioid epidemic leaving more children in Alabama’s foster care system Opioid epidemic leaving more children in Alabama’s foster care system  |  Updated: 12:33 AM CDT May 27, 2017 Hide TranscriptShow Transcript Opioid epidemic leaving more children in Alabama’s foster […]

Open your heart to a teenager in foster care – Maine News

Open your heart to a teenager in foster care – Maine News TAKE A CHANCE, MAKE A DIFFERENCE It’s hard enough to parent any teenager, never mind teens who have had their worlds turned upside down and been placed in the foster care system. Can you imagine going through adolescence and being displaced from your […]

Foster kids spend the day shadowing California members of Congress – LA Times

MAY 24, 2017, 12:45 P.M. REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON   Leonardo Jimenez, 21, of Los Angeles said after a lifetime in foster care, he never expected to have his congresswoman speak his name on the House floor, or to become a part of the historical record of the United States. On Wednesday, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) spoke about […]

51 Useful Aging Out of Foster Care Statistics | Social Race Media

51 Useful Aging Out of Foster Care Statistics | Social Race Media Some children don’t have loving homes that they can call their own. For whatever reason, the parents of these children are not able to provide for them and neither is their extended family. When this occurs, the child will be placed into the […]