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Crowdfunder: Helping nation’s foster care system do better job of reducing number of children who are moved haphazardly

Dec 9, 2014, 10:28 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Invisible Kids Project When courts and caseworkers make decisions about the lives of kids in foster care, they often move the child without a well-thought-out plan. Children heal, learn and grow through the primary relationship they…

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North Carolina Afro-Latina foster teen languishes in adult jail for school incident

Mar 28, 2014, 12:07 PM 0

By Susan Ferriss Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Did a foster-care teen need to be arrested by school police this month for alleged battery on a school bus? And then jailed for more than two weeks with adults long after…

Children, Education, Health, Nonprofit, Social Justice, Youth

Spotlight Non-profit: Creating a home and a future for abandoned teens

Jul 9, 2010, 8:04 PM 0

LatinaLista — There were over 500,000 children in the foster care system in 2006, according to the most recent statistics. Forty-six percent of these children were in non-relative foster family homes. In 2006, 289,000 children exited the foster care…