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Kansas Health Institute, March 9, 2010, by Dave Ranney, TOPEKA —
Rachel Perkins, 19, spent six and a half years in the state foster care system.
News Jacksonville.com, March 10, 2010, by Deirdre Conner
Advocates for some of the area’s most vulnerable people are frantic about the gaping budget hole — it could be up to $3 billion — facing the Florida Legislature.
NPR, March 2, 2010, by Pam Fessler
Well more than 1,000 children die in the U.S. each year from abuse and neglect. Hundreds of thousands more are affected. And a flagging economy hasn't helped.
Washington Post, by Petula Dvorak, January 22, 2010, Washington, DC --
The room the other night was full of teenagers and their teenage habits. There was the eye-roller, the wise-cracker, the slouch-in-the-seater.
KTUU - Alaska's News Source, by Rhonda McBride, January 15, 2010, ANCHORAGE, Alaska --
A group of teens coming out of foster care are trying to pass on more than just knowledge at a new workshop they have created for volunteer role models.
SCnow.com, by Mary Green, January 11, 2010 --
Derrick and Amanda Suggs are anything but the typical family.
People Magazine, by Mary Green, Dec 26, 2009 --
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie felt the spirit of giving this holiday season.
The famously generous couple donated $100,000 to the American SOS Children's Villages, an alternative foster care organization with locations in the U.S. in Illinois and Florida.
