All posts tagged "foster care"
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3.1KAnalysisWoman says DCFS took her to get an abortion at 13, then returned her to abusive foster home
A woman who was placed in foster care in 1984 is suing the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services...
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1.8KInternationalGuam considers making 911 responders a new safe haven option
Lawmakers in Guam advanced legislation this week amending Public Law 34-120, the Newborn Infant Safe Haven Act, to allow mothers who can’t...
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2.3KIssuesCouple adopts eight siblings to keep them together
Scott and Melissa Groves became engaged to be married six months after their first date. One year later they were newlyweds and...
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6.0KIssues21-year-old celebrates her birthday by becoming a foster mother
Teenagers look forward to their 21st birthdays for a variety of reasons, including the ability to drink alcohol legally and gain another...
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1.8K1OpinionWe care when they’re outside the womb, too
Guys and girls slid down a sky-high water slide. Dolphins leaped gracefully into the air before splashing back into the water. They...
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2.4K3IssuesBorn with alcohol level four times the legal limit, this young man proves ‘everyone deserves a chance’
David Biondo graduated from high school last week, an accomplishment in question when he was born as a cocaine-exposed baby with a...
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1.9KIssuesRaised to life: The difference one life can make for life (Part 2)
Read part 1 here. Some married couples need time to “settle” and adjust before having children, but one pro-life couple says that...
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2.0KIssuesRaised to life: The difference one life can make for life (Part 1)
Tucked away in a children’s ministry office at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, AL, Natalie Brumfield’s sweet voice that engages children...
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1.9K1OpinionFoster children need more than an awareness month
This month we’re supposed to be aware of the plight of foster children because May is Foster Care Awareness Month. May is...
