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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    Cornelius Fredericks, 16, was held down on the ground with the weight of the employees on him for about 12 minutes.
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    3 Children's Home Staffers Charged In Death Of 16-Year-Old

    Jun 24, 2020
    The former employees allegedly sat on Cornelius Fredericks' chest and legs for about 12 minutes. When he became unresponsive, employees at the home waited another 12 minutes to call for help.
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    Children's Issues At The Forefront Of UNLV Advocacy Group

    Nov 08, 2019

    Nevada doesn’t make it easy for kids. 

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    StoryCorps
    Before Guy Bryant (right) took Romario Vassell (left) into foster care, Vassell had been living in a homeless shelter.
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    He Traded Single Life To Be Foster 'Pop' To More Than 50 Kids

    Oct 18, 2019
    Guy Bryant has fostered dozens of children over the past 12 years. At StoryCorps, he told one of his foster kids that he wants them to pass on what they've learned from him.
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    Berkshire, the camp director, and other mentors spend one-on-one time with campers. One child said they feel like this is their "real" home and the other home they live in full time is a "backup."
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    At This Camp, Children Of Opioid Addicts Learn To Cope And Laugh

    Oct 09, 2019
    Camp Mariposa in Dayton, Ohio, is designed just for them. The program lets these children share their experiences, learn coping strategies and, most importantly, get to be kids.
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    National
    Christi holds a migrant child's hand as they walk to the swimming pool.
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    'I Know That They're Cared For." Why One Mom Has Chosen To Foster Migrant Children

    Jul 28, 2019
    Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi.
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    More Kids Are Getting Placed In Foster Care Because Of Parents' Drug Use

    Jul 15, 2019
    With drug use surging in the past decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution?
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    Health
    Empty baby beds stand in the maternity ward of a hospital (a spokesperson for the hospital asked that the hospital not be named). Six days after Farai Chideya took her adopted newborn child home from a hospital, she was forced to give him back to his bir
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    'I Was Utterly Gutted': Farai Chideya Endures 3 Failed Adoptions

    Jul 14, 2019
    The journalist, author and former NPR host speaks out about her painful quest for motherhood: "There's a lot of emotional blood on the floor."
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    Catholic Foster Care Agency Can Not Discriminate Against LGBTQ Couples, Court Says

    Apr 22, 2019
    The agency argued its religious freedoms were violated when Philadelphia ended a foster care contract. A federal appeals court disagreed.
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    Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, pictured earlier this month, has settled a lawsuit by same-sex couples who argued their rights were violated by faith-based adoption agencies that don't want to work with gays and lesbians.
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    State-Funded Adoption Agencies In Michigan Barred From Refusing LGBTQ Parents

    Mar 22, 2019
    Attorney General Dana Nessel reached a settlement with the ACLU. It requires agencies not to discriminate against gay people who want to adopt or foster children referred by the state.
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    Shots - Health News
    Ali Caliendo says Medicaid coverage has been invaluable since she and her husband, Terry, became Anthony's foster parents over four years ago.
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    Foster Parents Often Struggle To Find Doctors To Treat The Kids In Their Care

    Aug 22, 2018
    Foster children can have extraordinary health needs. Some states are testing a coordinated approach to care to keep these kids from slipping through the cracks.
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    Shots - Health News
    Kelly Zimmerman says she'd like to find a home for herself and her toddler — so she doesn't have to depend on her parents so much — but that may not happen soon. She still has financial debt from her years of addiction.
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    Beyond Opioids: How A Family Came Together To Stay Together

    Jun 19, 2018
    Infants do better with their parents, studies find, as long as parents have support to get and stay sober. This program starts during pregnancy, to rally and train a strong family support network.
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    Shots - Health News
    "I'm not just a drug addict," says Amanda Williamee. Her desire to be a great mom to daughters Taycee (left) and Jayde (right) has motivated her to get into treatment, and pick up the psychological tools she'll need to stay clean.
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    For Babies Of The Opioid Crisis, Best Care May Be Mom's Recovery

    May 08, 2018
    Early findings on infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome are reassuring, and doctors are optimistic that normal development can continue. Making sure parents are treated for addiction is key.
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    Mom Says She’s Fostered 10,000 Navajo Children

    Feb 08, 2018

    It’s 2 a.m. in Tuba City and a police officer rings Vallis Martinez’s doorbell. Martinez isn’t alarmed. It happens all the time.

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    The Two-Way
    Whitney Duncan was given the choice of sending her daughter, Deklyn, 3, to stay with her grandmother in Jasper, Ga., while she entered rehab or lose her to foster care.
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    Number Of American Children In Foster Care Increases For 4th Consecutive Year

    Nov 30, 2017
    Parents' substance abuse is one of the items driving authorities to remove kids from homes.
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    Shots - Health News
    Matthew Takamoto has been been a social worker with the early intervention program in Sacramento County from its start, and is pleased with its success. The hardest part, he says, is realizing that not every parent will be be able to quit drugs for good.
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    California Court Helps Kids By Healing Parents' Addictions

    Aug 16, 2016
    A special court in Sacramento, Calif., aims to keep families together by getting treatment for parents who have substance abuse problems, instead of sending off their kids to foster care.
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    The Two-Way
    A judge in Utah ordered that an infant girl be removed from the care of foster parents April Hoagland (left) and Beckie Peirce, seen in a screen shot from a Reuters video.
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    Judge Changes Order Removing Baby Girl From Same-Sex Couple's Home

    Nov 13, 2015
    The Utah judge had ruled Thursday that the 9-month-old child be placed with a heterosexual couple.
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    The Two-Way
    A judge in Utah ordered that an infant girl be removed from the care of foster parents April Hoagland (left) and Beckie Peirce, seen in a screen shot from a Reuters video.
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    Utah Judge Orders Foster Child Removed From Lesbian Couple's Care

    Nov 12, 2015
    The judge reportedly told the couple that myriad studies have proved children are better off with heterosexual couples. State officials say they will try to get the order changed.
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    Shots - Health News
    Marilyn Moores, a juvenile court judge in Indianapolis, says many case managers and court employees are feeling overwhelmed with the rising number of child welfare cases they're seeing.
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    Heroin, Opioid Abuse Put Extra Strain On U.S. Foster Care System

    Oct 27, 2015
    Roughly 265,000 U.S. kids entered foster care last year — the highest number since 2008. Officials say the abuse of heroin or prescription painkillers by more parents is one reason for the increase.
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    Shots - Health News
    Children and teens in foster care are much more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic drugs.
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    California Approves Laws To Cut Use Of Antipsychotics In Foster Care

    Oct 08, 2015
    The laws are intended to reduce inappropriate prescribing of powerful antipsychotics to children and teens in foster care. Public health nurses will monitor medical records.
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    Shots - Health News
    Laticia Aossey was hospitalized while a student at the University of Northern Iowa when she realized she hadn't signed up for health insurance.
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    Many Former Foster Youths Don't Know They Have Health Care

    Oct 01, 2015
    Under the Affordable Care Act, former foster youths get Medicaid coverage until age 26. Many of them aren't aware of that, and getting that information to them isn't always easy.
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    Shots - Health News
    Children in foster care typically haven't been to the doctor or dentist regularly.
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    Children In Foster Care Aren't Getting To See The Doctor

    Sep 28, 2015
    Pediatricians need to do more to get the right health care for children in foster care, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Those children often miss out on both routine and acute care.
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    California Moves To Stop Misuse Of Psychiatric Meds In Foster Care

    Sep 02, 2015
    There's ample evidence that children in foster care often get powerful psychiatric medications when other treatments would be safer and more effective. But those treatments can be hard to get.
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    Federal Judge Says South Dakota Officials Violated Native American Families' Rights

    Mar 31, 2015
    Two of the state's largest tribes win class action lawsuit alleging that the state routinely put their children in foster care without due process
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    No Report Of Problems In Foster Home Before Deaths

    Jan 26, 2015
    Child Protective Services say they had no reports of problems with a foster family before an apparent murder-suicide in Las Vegas left a toddler dead. A...
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    Changing Foster Care's Bad Reputation

    Aug 12, 2014
    Nevada and Clark County have embarked on a effort to improve the image of foster and kinship care. They hope to attract better foster parents and...
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