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When a Child Is Removed from the Parents’ Home

Kinship care options and advice for grandparents of kids in the child-welfare system By Cathleen J. Newbanks   The Fostering Connections Act (2009) mandates that child-welfare workers locate and contact

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Judy Cockerton: Foster Parent and Innovator

Amazing Third Acts   Judy Cockerton — winner of AARP’s 2012 Purpose Prize for Intergenerational Innovation — is re-envisioning and reinventing child foster care in America   By Richard J. Anthony,

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