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I need to tell you about Zaiden
Wednesday Aug 14th, 2019
By: Rebecca Masterson
In April of this year, police in Wichita, Kansas responded to a domestic disturbance call at the mobile home where two-year-old Zaiden Javonovich lived. Brandi and Patrick, Zaiden’s parents, were not strangers to the police. In fact, during the prior few months, law enforcement received twenty-two 911 calls about this couple.
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Hearings with Mom Absent: An Education Plan Stalls
Wednesday Jun 5th, 2019
By: Rebecca Masterson
Parental consent is required before a student can be evaluated for special education. Children in foster care suffer due to the inability to reach their parents.
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Georgia's foster care bill: Relatives shouldn't always have legal preference
Monday May 20th, 2019
Georgia's bill put some limits on kinship preference, a principle allowing blood relatives to take kids out of stable homes.
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Isaac's Law
Thursday Apr 4th, 2019
By: Rebecca Masterson
I met Isaac when he was moving into a new group home for teens in foster care. He was 16, and this house was his 42nd placement.
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Some Special Needs Kids Falling Through the Cracks
Tuesday Mar 26th, 2019
By: Rebecca Masterson
A school can’t give a child special education services without parental approval. For children in foster care, this is often a barrier to an appropriate education.
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Loophole in abuse, neglect statutes permits inaction to persist
Monday Mar 4th, 2019
Federal law requires states to protect drug-exposed babies after they leave the hospital. That effort is failing.
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How can social services lose 18,000 children - and not look for them?
Thursday Jan 31st, 2019
By: Darcy Olsen
This year, an estimated 18,000 American children will disappear, but their families will not be looking for them. Neighbors will not canvas the streets. Our Facebook feeds will not show their pictures. And after six months, the records of their existence may close entirely.
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Arizona foster care bill protects drug-exposed infants and the best interests of children.
Tuesday Oct 9th, 2018
Recognizing that stability and family are critical to a child’s well-being, the Department of Child Safety (DCS) must work to find permanent homes for children under three years of age within one year.
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Arizona Foster Care Safety Bill
Tuesday Oct 9th, 2018
Arizona foster care safety bill protects drug-exposed children and the best interests of children.
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Governor Ducey Signs The Gen Justice Child Safety Bill
Tuesday Aug 28th, 2018
Governor Ducey signs bill that requires Arizona courts to take action faster to provide permanent homes for substance-exposed infants.
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What Must We Do about Foster Care?
Wednesday May 23rd, 2018
By: NR Symposium
It's National Foster Care Month. How can we make a National Foster Care Month matter? What should we be making a priority? Who should be making it a priority?
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America’s Flood of Opioid Orphans
Thursday May 10th, 2018
By: Darcy Olsen
Every 15 minutes a baby is born substance-exposed. Efforts to combat the drug epidemic have focused on prevention, but what happens when this fails?
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