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Foster Care

Call Sparks Investigation

BENTONVILLE -- Debra McDougal played cards with a runaway boy on a Thursday morning in February 2007 while working as an officer in juvenile detention. The 14-year-old rambled on about a foster home he fled after three days.

John Young: Stepping up to serve as Julia's family

Sunday, October 12, 2008 You wonder whether the telling of their story will ever be dry-eyed. There’s a lot about Julia’s story to make anybody cry. A nice lady from CASA — Court-Appointed Special Advocates — became a lifeline...

She blended love and faith

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is elevating Blessed Alphonsa to the status of a saint in Vatican today. This is indeed a rare gift God Almighty is presenting to the Indian Church. Let us heartily thank Him for this great gift....

Student residence going to the dogs (and cats)

The 2008 version of Animal House is the real deal: less beer, more kibble.Unlike the raunchy and rambunctious human cast of the three-decade-old National Lampoon campus comedy, the raciest antics of the four-legged cast of...

Gregory K. Fritz: Fix the foster-care system

This cycle of reunification, foster care and residential treatment repeats itself in a downward spiral, punctuated by multiple crises and brief psychiatric hospitalizations. The foster-care system is designed to provide...

Family Council: DHS Policy Change Suspicious

LITTLE ROCK -- State lawmakers should investigate what led to the Department of Human Services' decision to drop a policy banning unmarried couples living together from serving as foster parents, the conservative Family Council...

Mountain school to close after 130 years

KIJO, Miyazaki Prefecture--At a tiny school tucked away in a depopulated mountain area here, the happy shouts of local and urban children were heard again this summer. But, to the regret of many resid...

Letters: Wall Street meltdown, accused cops, Medi-Cal, Proposition 8, etc.

Two major articles of faith of the Republican economic dogma, and not coincidentally, two of the principal causes of the current meltdown, are (1) the stripping away of responsible regulation, and (2) aggressive tax cuts and...

County names new director of social services - roanoke.com

Larry Lindsey, the assistant director, will take over Dec. 1 from Linda Nisbet, who is retiring.Montgomery County has named Larry Lindsey the new director of social services, replacing Linda Nisbet who will retire toward the...

A Floyd Business Goes Green

The following was published in The Floyd Press on October 9, 2008. Wall Residences has a new address. The Floyd business has been providing residential foster care placement for individuals with disabilities since 1995. After...

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