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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