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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Network Forms to Train Foster Youth on Advocacy

A national organization launched last month hopes to train former foster youth to educate lawmakers and state and local system leaders...

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First Lady’s Fitness Plan Takes Shape

Let’s Move: First lady Michelle Obama unveils the findings of a childhood obesity report at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

… Work Fitness into After-School Programs

Youths face off in ASAS-LA’s annual “March Madness” basketball tournament. Boys and girls teams scrimmage all year to qualify for the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Dawn Folsom

Dawn Folsom Executive DirectorProject United Alliance Fort Wayne, Ind.(260) 417-6510 Age: 22. Salary: $40,000. My Organization: Folsom began to design the...

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A 5-Year Projection of the Number of Children Reaching Age 18 while in Foster Care

Chapin Hall The number of children who will age out of foster care will begin to decline and eventually level off...

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Child Maltreatment 2008

U.S. Administration on Children, Youth and Families This latest annual government report documenting child maltreatment figures shows a continued decline in...

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Children’s Receipt of Health Care Services and Family Health Insurance Patterns

Annals of Family Medicine This report examines the relationship between parents’ health care coverage and the coverage, or lack thereof, of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Foster Ed Connect

Foster Ed Connect http://www.fosteredconnect.org/ The launch of this site gives a new resource to adults working to help California foster youth....

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Almost One-fifth of U.S. Youths Will Run Away, Study Says

Nearly one in five U.S. youths technically will be a runaway before age 18, according to a new report released today. On...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Fed Grants Process for Runaway/Homeless Needs Work, GAO Says

The Family and Youth Services Bureau needs to improve the application process used in awarding grants to service providers for runaway and...

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First Lady Unveils ‘Roadmap’ to Combat Youth Obesity

First Lady Michelle Obama today unveiled what she described as a “roadmap” to combat childhood obesity. Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity...

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Advocates Urge Changes to Juvenile Standards on Prison Sex Abuse

The Justice Department should not require states to use medical staff members in detention and residential facilities to question juveniles about abusive...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Judge Overturns Gay Adoption Ban

An Arkansas state judge last month overturned a voter referendum that banned unmarried couples from adopting. The law was widely seen...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen Birth Rate Dropped in 2008

The birth rate for U.S. teenagers dropped 2 percent in 2008, reversing two years of increases that had interrupted a 14-year...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

100th Anniversary: David & Margaret Youth and Family Services

Founded: In 1910, as an orphanage called David & Margaret Home for Children. By: Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal...

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College Diplomas, Income Elude Foster Care Alumni

A new report of a long-term study of youth who have aged out of foster care in three Midwestern states paints...

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Federal Expenditures on Elementary-Age Children in 2008

This report is one in a series that addresses federal spending on children, broken down into three age groups: infants and...

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The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Child Welfare

This report frames the immigration policy debate as a child welfare issue, outlining various ways children and their families are affected...

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The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household

This Pew Research Center report summarizes changes in family living situations over time, noting the rise in multi-generational households and discussing...

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Shaping a Healthier Generation: Healthy Kids, Healthy America State Profiles of Progress

This report on the National Governors Association’s Healthy Kids, Healthy America grant program profiles progress made by states on children’s obesity...