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This month North Dakota is launching a new initiative to encourage earlier engagement with families of children who enter the foster care system. With about 1,600 children currently in foster care in the state, the [...] -
As California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) prepares to leave office at the end of the year, the last round of child welfare legislation under his watch includes a new law to ease the path of [...] -
First Place for Youth, a California organization that works with transition-age foster youth, has named former Department of Health and Human Services staffer Heidi McIntosh as its CEO. The Oakland-based organization manages the independent living skills [...] -
Los Angeles County has endorsed a new plan to attract and retain prospective foster parents: treat them like customers. The county Board of Supervisors approved a $50,000 contract Tuesday with RaiseAChild (RAC), an organization that [...]
