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Lending a hand
September 30, 2008 | Las Vegas Sun
Congress deserves credit for passing bill that provides incentives to adopt foster children
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A second chance for children
August 10, 2008 | Boston Globe
CHILDREN CAN spend months or years in foster care waiting for a permanent home, particularly those who are older or have special needs. The federal Adoption Incentive Program helps by giving states money to promote adoptions of children in foster care. But the program will expire next month unless Congress acts.
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Fostering success for bright minds
July 18, 2008 | The Seattle Times
A highly anticipated report on racial disproportionality in Washington state's child-welfare system will home in on the challenges, but mixed in the muddle is one clear success: education.
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Pass bill to encourage foster-child adoptions
June 03, 2008 | Des Moines Register
Washington lawmakers have a lot on their plates, from monitoring the Iraq war to grilling oil-industry executives. But they could really make a difference in the lives of some young Americans by passing legislation introduced by Sen. Charles Grassley that provides incentives for adoptions of children in foster care.
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Children in Alabama shouldn't languish in foster care when they can have permanent adoptive homes
May 20, 2008 | The Birmingham News
Eight years is a long time for a child. It's certainly too long to stay in foster care, especially when adoptive parents are available and eager to provide a permanent home.
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Mending broken families
May 07, 2008 | Seattle Times
If congressional lawmakers could see the great potential of foster-care reform in 23-year-old Julia Charles, improvements in this flawed multibillion-dollar system would be swift.
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Foster Care Not There Yet
December 13, 2007 | Hartford Courant
Nearly a third of the more than 5,000 children in foster care in Connecticut have no permanent home to go to and are therefore a high risk of winding up unemployed, homeless or in prison.
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Infusion of hope for foster care
December 13, 2007 | The Virginian-Pilot
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A Better Send off for Foster Care Kids
September 16, 2007 | The Cinncinnati Enquirer
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Keep the clamor up to fix Arizona's broken system
September 09, 2007 | Arizona Republic
If you want to see real change in child welfare, you are going to have to yell longer, not louder.
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Shortchanging the Needy
October 09, 2006 | Baltimore Sun
Fewer children are getting assistance because they don't qualify under rules adopted by Congress as part of the 1996 welfare reform law.
