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Original Technorati articles tagged “foster children”

• in Technorati Women
  Foster Kids Only Allowed to Get Clothing From Thrift Stores? A Poor Mom's Reaction
  Foster Kids = Used clothes?
  by mamasick / on Apr 27, 2011
• in Politics
  On MLK Hospital and DCFS: Our Foster Children Gently Weep
  Contrasting the disaster that was MLK Hospital in Los Angeles with our current DCFS is not so far fetched. Indeed, there is much in common that we can learn from.
  by joshuaallen / on Feb 16, 2011
• in Politics
  On Foster Care in Los Angeles; The Business of Child Abuse
  LA County has drastically reduced the number of children in foster care. Is this all progress? Or are fewer children being protected?
  by joshuaallen / on Oct 26, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “foster children”

 

• “On a Mission Trip…leave a message.”

  
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  I had a wonderful conversation today with a lady I have never met before, but their Foster Ministry at their church would like to match a member of their church with our family to help in any way we need.  {Stunned silence} Wait…..a complete stranger, from a church I’ve only visited once a long time ago, ...
  4 days ago

• New state audit faults county social service agencies

  
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  ANNAPOLIS — County social service agencies don’t do a good job of tracking foster children, leave federal funding on the table, have missing files on welfare checks and grant food stamps to too many ineligible people, a new state audit found. These problems and a host of others on documentation and control were ...
  4 days ago

• Chronic absenteeism: 7M+ poor elem school kids dont show up

  
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  May 23, 2012: As many as 15% of K-12 students are chronically absent each year, estimate researchers at John Hopkins University (JHU) for a study commissioned by the Get Schooled Foundation, a non-profit that promotes initiatives to get youth more involved in their education. Chronic absenteeism is missing 10% or one ...
  4 days ago

• Realignment: "Mandated" foster housing will have low $ priority

  
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  May 21, 2012: The THP-Plus Foster Care program, a transitional housing program for "timed out" foster kids, ages 18-21, could lose funding if it is made optional for counties to implement under Governor Browns realignment proposition, as detailed in the May revise of the 2012-13 budget. AB 12, the Fostering ...
  6 days ago

• Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Proclaims May Foster Care Month

  
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  Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has proclaimed May “Foster Care Month,” joining other states and organizations across the country in saluting foster parents and encouraging others to takes steps to serve children in the year ahead. “Family is the crucible of a child’s life,” said Tennessee ...
  2 weeks ago

• Panera bakes up ways to help foster kids

  
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    Panera Bread franchise owners Gavin and Annette Ford have given a lot to Central Florida foster children in recent years — including a summer job program, mentoring and a whole lot of money. Last year alone, the couple donated nearly $400,000 through their business to local charities, many of which are devoted ...
  3 weeks ago

• Antipsychotic drugs to foster kids still increasing: 10% of 6-11s on meds

  
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  May 1,2012: In preparation for an August conference on standardizing "best practices" in the field of prescribing drugs to children in foster care -- a conference called by Health & Human Servicess Administration on Children, Youth & Families (ACYF) -- the PolicyLab of the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia ...
  3 weeks ago

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