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While April 15th is far from a national holiday, it is an occasion that brings together millions of Americans, often for complaining and commiserating rather than celebrating. Indeed, in 2014 the IRS received 136,887,000 tax returns, some eligible for refunds and others accompanied by a payment to make up a shortfall in money owed.

Foster Children In our country, there are somewhere around 410,000 children in foster care on any given day. Roughly 110,000 of these children are available for adoption. The average age of a waiting child is eight years old.

by Lexie Gruber Simply by virtue of their state involvement, thousands of foster children are deprived the right to a normal life. A myriad of bizarre restrictions are instated in policy under the guise of protecting children.

Foster Youth in Action, a national foster youth-led advocacy organization with partner sites in six states, held its second annual convening of foster youth to discuss what they saw as the preeminent policy issues for the coming year.