<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption.com News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com</link><description>Adoption.com News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:05:45 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:05:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Guardian Watches Over Every Foster Child in State</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/guardian-watches-over-every-foster-child-in-state</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/guardian-watches-over-every-foster-child-in-state</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The state's 16,000 foster children, she likes to say, are hers. And, by law, they are. For 12 years, D. Jean Ortega-Piron's name has appeared on every Juvenile Court order as the legal guardian...]]></description></item><item><title>4 Houston Children Taken into CPS Custody</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/4-houston-children-taken-into-cps-custody</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/4-houston-children-taken-into-cps-custody</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An emergency custody hearing is expected to be held to determine who will care for four children found alone in 'deplorable' living conditions, officials said. The four siblings, ages...]]></description></item><item><title>Shortage of Foster Homes in Rockford Area</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/shortage-of-foster-homes-in-rockford-area</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/shortage-of-foster-homes-in-rockford-area</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Many area couples are shying away from becoming foster parents, making it difficult for agencies to place kids close to home. The problem is getting worse recently with kids being sent out of...]]></description></item><item><title>State Hasn’t Found Homes for Enough Foster Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/-4791</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/-4791</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A judge on Thursday gave Gov. Sonny Perdue and other defendants in a child welfare case 20 days to show why they should not be held in contempt and punished for failing to live up to...]]></description></item><item><title>Group Takes State Back to Court Over Foster Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/group-takes-state-back-to-court-over-foster-kids</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/group-takes-state-back-to-court-over-foster-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A child advocacy group says the state has failed to live up to a court settlement in which the state agreed to find permanent homes for more children in foster care. Children’s Rights Inc....]]></description></item><item><title>Wanted: Safe Homes for Kids in Need</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/wanted-safe-homes-for-kids-in-need</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/wanted-safe-homes-for-kids-in-need</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Louisiana children need help -- our help. There are 5,173 of them in foster care, according to the Louisiana Department of Social Services. Foster care, by definition, is a temporary living...]]></description></item><item><title>Semaj, Siblings Put in Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/semaj-siblings-put-in-foster-care</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/semaj-siblings-put-in-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The 11-year-old boy who talked his way onto airline flights and got into trouble while in juvenile detention, is now in foster care along with three of his siblings, said Steve Williams of...]]></description></item><item><title>Judge Orders FLDS Girl Back into Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/judge-orders-flds-girl-back-into-foster-care</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/judge-orders-flds-girl-back-into-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A judge in San Angelo ruled this afternoon that a 14 year old girl who was 'spiritually married' to Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 'prophet' Warren Jeffs when she...]]></description></item><item><title>Myanmar Teen Refugees Look for Foster Homes</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/myanmar-teen-refugees-look-for-foster-homes</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/myanmar-teen-refugees-look-for-foster-homes</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Myanmar, formerly Burma, has been in political turmoil since 1962 when a general staged a coup, banning political opposition and suspending the constitution. The violence between the military junta...]]></description></item><item><title>A Voice for Foster Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/a-voice-for-foster-kids</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/a-voice-for-foster-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Robert Johnsen lives in West New York owns a pretzel company in North Bergen - and spends his free time volunteering to help foster children get properly represented rather than lost in...]]></description></item><item><title>Study Highlights Need for Fostering Act</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/study-highlights-need-for-fostering-act</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/study-highlights-need-for-fostering-act</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A study that compared the situation of children living in foster care with those of others living in residential homes highlighted the need for a Fostering Act that would clearly outline...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Children Underserved By Courts, Report Finds</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-underserved-by-courts-report-finds</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-underserved-by-courts-report-finds</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[California's 80,000 foster children -- nearly 27,000 in Los Angeles County -- are underserved by deeply stressed courts and government agencies, and the hearings that decide their living...]]></description></item><item><title>11-Year-Old Runaway, 3 Brothers Put in Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/11-year-old-runaway-3-brothers-put-in-foster-care</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/11-year-old-runaway-3-brothers-put-in-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An 11-year-old Tacoma boy, who has twice sneaked past airport security, once hitched a ride on a plane to Texas, stolen a car and is accused of breaking into a neighbor's house, has been taken...]]></description></item><item><title>CPS Recommending Eight FLDS Children Return to Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/cps-recommending-eight-flds-children-return-to-foster-care</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/cps-recommending-eight-flds-children-return-to-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It's been two months since a judge sent 440 FLDS children home, but the order may not stand for eight of the kids taken in April during the massive raid of the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado....]]></description></item><item><title>School Supplies Drive for Foster Children Runs through Friday</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/school-supplies-drive-for-foster-children-runs-through-friday</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/school-supplies-drive-for-foster-children-runs-through-friday</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As you read this, local children are preparing to return to school. Some have everything they need to head back to the classroom. Foster children are among the children who most likely do not have...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Home for First Nation's Children is Officially Open</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-home-for-first-nations-children-is-officially-open</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-home-for-first-nations-children-is-officially-open</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In an emotional ceremony Tuesday morning, Kokomish Gamik (Grandmother's House) was officially opened. In 2001, the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan began striving to develop a community-based foster...]]></description></item><item><title>Neighbors Didn't Know Family's Distress</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/neighbors-didnt-know-familys-distress</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/neighbors-didnt-know-familys-distress</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Ophelia Robinson didn't realize how bad things were for the children her kids played with this summer until all five of them were removed from a house where there was little food and no baby formula....]]></description></item><item><title>Teen Twins Missing In Malibu</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/teen-twins-missing-in-malibu</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/teen-twins-missing-in-malibu</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Twin teenage girls are missing and their parents fear the worst. They were last seen on Sunday at the Malibu home they share with their adoptive parents, Jack and Kay Carrodi. The Carrodis...]]></description></item><item><title>Funding Loss after Foster Care Row</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/funding-loss-after-foster-care-row</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/funding-loss-after-foster-care-row</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The leading foster care organisation in NSW has lost hundred of thousands of dollars in funding from the State Government because of a potential for banned carers to be appointed to its board.]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Children to Get Permanent Guardians Under Liberals</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-to-get-permanent-guardians-under-liberals</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-to-get-permanent-guardians-under-liberals</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Liberals have a announced a plan to introduce special guardianship arrangements for children who are wards of the state. Under the plan faster carers who have cared for a child for at least...]]></description></item><item><title>Missouri Governor Looks to Improve State's Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/missouri-governor-looks-to-improve-states-foster-care</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/missouri-governor-looks-to-improve-states-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Gov. Matt Blunt has created a 17-member committee to study Missouri's foster care system. The panel, announced Tuesday, will look into the resources available for children...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Care Survivor Now Shares Story</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-survivor-now-shares-story</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-survivor-now-shares-story</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Julia Charles' book is all of 95 pages. So if you're lucky, you can read it in an afternoon. Yet, dig into it - even a chapter or two - and you'll find a powerful story of a young girl...]]></description></item><item><title>Fostering Agency's 'Outstanding' Report</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/fostering-agencys-outstanding-report</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/fostering-agencys-outstanding-report</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A fostering agency in Newton Abbot has earned top marks from government inspectors. Families First has been described as 'outstanding' by Ofsted inspectors. The report has been warmly welcomed...]]></description></item><item><title>Groups Helping Oklahoma Foster Kids Get Ready</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/groups-helping-oklahoma-foster-kids-get-ready</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/groups-helping-oklahoma-foster-kids-get-ready</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The first day of school can be intimidating to foster children facing a new home and a new school, and it can be expensive for their foster parents. Shelly Blankenship has been a foster...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Kids Shown Paths to the Future</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-kids-shown-paths-to-the-future</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-kids-shown-paths-to-the-future</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Kenneth Mann didn't go to the prom. He never caught that winning touchdown. He has no high school sports lore with which to bore his future children....]]></description></item><item><title>Child Welfare a Work in Progress</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/child-welfare-a-work-in-progress</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/child-welfare-a-work-in-progress</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Sitting in the office of Children Services Executive Director Michael Fox, it appears on the surface that not much has changed. Streaks of different shades of blue paint still adorn...]]></description></item><item><title>State requests Foster Care for 8 FLDS Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/state-requests-foster-care-for-8-flds-children</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/state-requests-foster-care-for-8-flds-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Texas child welfare officials on Tuesday asked a court to order foster care for eight children at a polygamous compound, saying their mothers have refused to limit the children's contact with men...]]></description></item><item><title>Thousands of Texas Children Need ‘Forever Families’</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/-4628</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/-4628</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[With more than 4,000 Texas Waiting Children living in the state’s custody and available for adoption, Buckner is working to provide these children with ‘forever families’ through adoption....]]></description></item><item><title>Axe Hangs Over Children's Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/axe-hangs-over-childrens-home</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/axe-hangs-over-childrens-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A state-of-the-art Cradley Heath children’s home could face closure – little more than six years after it opened. The Corngreaves Road home opened amid a storm of controversy in February...]]></description></item><item><title>Province to Spot-Check Foster Homes</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/province-to-spot-check-foster-homes</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/province-to-spot-check-foster-homes</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In the wake of two damning reports and an avalanche of criticism of the province's child welfare system, the province will spot-check thousands of foster homes to ensure they're licensed...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Homes Offer Youth Safe Havens</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-homes-offer-youth-safe-havens</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-homes-offer-youth-safe-havens</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For some children, a home away from home is more than just a cool place to go every once in a while. It’s a bed of your own and a place at the dinner table when caregivers cannot provide....]]></description></item><item><title>Drive-by Victims to Remain in Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/drive-by-victims-to-remain-in-foster-care</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/drive-by-victims-to-remain-in-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The hearing was to determine whether the children, ages one, two and five should be returned to the family. Child protective services asked that the children remain in foster care and...]]></description></item><item><title>Life After Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/life-after-foster-care</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/life-after-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Shantaye Wonzer can’t really remember being anything but a foster kid. In the past 18 years, she’s moved more than 15 times, been abandoned by her adoptive parents and lived in...]]></description></item><item><title>Belarus Seeks Return of Foster Child from U.S.</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/belarus-seeks-return-of-foster-child-from-us</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/belarus-seeks-return-of-foster-child-from-us</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Authorities in ex-Soviet Belarus on Wednesday demanded the return home of a girl who failed to turn up for a flight after spending the summer with a family in the United States, the second...]]></description></item><item><title>Program Allows Foster Children to Address Their Grief</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/program-allows-foster-children-to-address-their-grief</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/program-allows-foster-children-to-address-their-grief</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Because of a Wayne County Foundation grant given to Dunn Center and to me this past spring, I have been able to facilitate a music therapy/grief group for foster children...]]></description></item><item><title>Former Foster Child Gets Help to Succeed</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/former-foster-child-gets-help-to-succeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/former-foster-child-gets-help-to-succeed</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[After living in the foster-care system for most of her teenage years, Neoshia Squaire is breaking a cycle. "My parents are both deceased," she said, wiping away tears from her eyes. "I'm the...]]></description></item><item><title>Giving Foster Teens a Place to Call Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/giving-foster-teens-a-place-to-call-home</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/giving-foster-teens-a-place-to-call-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old Juan would not seem like a good prospect for placement with a foster family. He lived in five foster families before coming to Children's Village, a residential facility north...]]></description></item><item><title>Psychotropic Medications Overused Among Foster Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/psychotropic-medications-overused-among-foster-children</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/psychotropic-medications-overused-among-foster-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[New research finds that psychotropic medications are frequently used to treat youth in foster care. The pattern is disturbing because effectiveness and safety of the pharmaceuticals...]]></description></item><item><title>Seven Johnson Co. Children Taken Into</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/seven-johnson-co-children-taken-into</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/seven-johnson-co-children-taken-into</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Seven children from one family have been taken from a Johnson County home under protective custody by the Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS). Their parents are each...]]></description></item><item><title>Notification Scheme and 'Private Fostering'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/notification-scheme-and-private-fostering</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/notification-scheme-and-private-fostering</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Thousands of young children are at risk of neglect or abuse because the system set up to protect them in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié is failing. Figures for this year show 1,330...]]></description></item><item><title>Accreditation Efforts Pay Off for Foster Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/accreditation-efforts-pay-off-for-foster-kids</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/accreditation-efforts-pay-off-for-foster-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Missourians only a few years ago had ample reason to be concerned about their state’s foster-care system. Caseworkers in charge of getting abused kids into permanent homes or returned...]]></description></item><item><title>Help Relatives Caring for Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/help-relatives-caring-for-kids</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/help-relatives-caring-for-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Family takes care of family. That's a family value that everyone agrees on. Yet, for kinship caregivers — relatives who are substitute parents — the road to family caregiving is filled with potholes....]]></description></item><item><title>OHEL Launches Adoptive and Foster Recruitment Campaign</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/ohel-launches-adoptive-and-foster-recruitment-campaign</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/ohel-launches-adoptive-and-foster-recruitment-campaign</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[One of the communicative challenges faced in foster and adoptive parent recruitment by OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services, is a Jewish community largely unaware that there are...]]></description></item><item><title>Delaware Children in Foster Care Gains</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/delaware-children-in-foster-care-gains</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/delaware-children-in-foster-care-gains</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Delaware Children’s Department spokesperson Kelly Bachman says, under the old law, if a child wanted to take driver’s education classes, he or she would just have to get the signature of a...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Care Awareness</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-awareness-1</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-awareness-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Social services bosses fear Doncaster residents may be breaking laws on child care by not telling them about so-called private fostering. Doncaster Council is launching an awareness campaign...]]></description></item><item><title>Split Decision</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/split-decision</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/split-decision</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Mention the word "immigration" and you feel a tremor as the ideological split creates a chasm, widened by raw emotions—love, fear, anger and hope. But there are those who end up at the bottom...]]></description></item><item><title>Help Foster Care Kids Get Permanent, Loving Homes</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/help-foster-care-kids-get-permanent-loving-homes</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/help-foster-care-kids-get-permanent-loving-homes</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Senator Chuck Grassley said today that his legislation to help move kids in foster care to permanent home is scheduled for consideration on Friday by the Senate Committee on Finance....]]></description></item><item><title>Kids Get Tools to Learn</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/kids-get-tools-to-learn</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/kids-get-tools-to-learn</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Inside a huge warehouse at Milan Express on Monday, boxes of backpacks waited to be claimed by students in need. Lee Marshall sorted the backpacks, full of school supplies, ready to distribute...]]></description></item><item><title>First Annual Foster Child Birthday Party</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/first-annual-foster-child-birthday-party</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/first-annual-foster-child-birthday-party</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On Sunday the Pony Village Mall sponsored a first annual foster child birthday party. The room next to Cone 9 was filled with balloons, pizza and party decorations to celebrate the birthdays...]]></description></item><item><title>Keeping Siblings Together in Foster Care Falters in Florida</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/keeping-siblings-together-in-foster-care-falters-in-florida</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/keeping-siblings-together-in-foster-care-falters-in-florida</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A local foster care program praised nationally for keeping siblings together is losing ground in Florida as agencies deal with tight budgets and focus dollars more toward prevention....]]></description></item><item><title>For a Newark Girl, A Chance to Live Like a Kid</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/for-a-newark-girl-a-chance-to-live-like-a-kid</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/for-a-newark-girl-a-chance-to-live-like-a-kid</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[By age 8, Brianna Velez had lived with 11 foster families. Then, on her ninth birthday, she finally found her permanent home. "I wasn't going to adopt her, but she grew on me," said Tracy Velez, who...]]></description></item><item><title>Creativity in Placing Older Foster Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/creativity-in-placing-older-foster-children</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/creativity-in-placing-older-foster-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Anne Holton, first lady of Virginia, urged hundreds of juvenile court judges from around the country Monday to be creative and unyielding in trying to move older foster children into...]]></description></item><item><title>Caroma's Donation to Help Foster Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/caromas-donation-to-help-foster-children</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/caromas-donation-to-help-foster-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Caroma, the leader in dual flush toilets and stylish bathroom sinks, is pleased to donate sinks and high efficiency toilets to Olive Crest, one of the West Coast’s premier children’s...]]></description></item><item><title>Baby Placed in Foster Home Despite Warnings</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/baby-placed-in-foster-home-despite-warnings</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/baby-placed-in-foster-home-despite-warnings</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The state agency responsible for protecting children once again is facing accusations that it failed to act on repeated warnings in the weeks preceding the death of a child. The Indianapolis Star...]]></description></item><item><title>5 Missing Hawaii Foster Children Found</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/5-missing-hawaii-foster-children-found</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/5-missing-hawaii-foster-children-found</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Five children previously listed on the Department of Human Services (DHS) Missing Children Web site were reported found this past week, department officials said. Numbers are going down thanks...]]></description></item><item><title>Lack of Foster Carers</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/lack-of-foster-carers</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/lack-of-foster-carers</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Human Services Minister Lara Giddings has announced an inquiry into the case of a three year old Ulverstone girl who was in foster care but was returned to her birth family earlier this year....]]></description></item><item><title>MLA Questions Foster Management</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/mla-questions-foster-management</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/mla-questions-foster-management</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Emerson MLA Cliff Graydon says a situation involving a foster family in his riding should never have happened. David and Anna Reimer of the Vita area were told a 6 year child in their care....]]></description></item><item><title>Finally, A Foster Care Fix</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/finally-a-foster-care-fix</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/finally-a-foster-care-fix</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The child-welfare system is "broken." This harsh indictment has been a constant drumbeat in L.A.-area headlines for years. In the last few months, the tragedy of a 5-year-old subjected...]]></description></item><item><title>Crete Boy Doesn't Get the Breaks in Foster System</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/crete-boy-doesnt-get-the-breaks-in-foster-system</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/crete-boy-doesnt-get-the-breaks-in-foster-system</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[From day one, the odds for survival were stacked against Kevin Johnson. He was born one of 13 children in a single-parent home where allegations of physical and sexual abuse ran...]]></description></item><item><title>Teens in Need of Foster Homes</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/teens-in-need-of-foster-homes</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/teens-in-need-of-foster-homes</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As many as 90 teenagers from Clallam County, having been removed from their homes, also may find themselves displaced from their schools, their friends and their familiar hangouts this year....]]></description></item><item><title>Ill-Treated Kids Do Better Living</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/ill-treated-kids-do-better-living</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/ill-treated-kids-do-better-living</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Children who leave homes after being ill treated are likely to have less behavioural problems if placed with relatives rather than in foster care, says a new study. The National Survey of...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Children Get Reading Booster</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-get-reading-booster</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:26:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-get-reading-booster</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Foster carers in Bradford are aiming to improve the reading skills of the children in their care with the help of a specially-designed course. Seven of Bradford Council’s carers have undergone...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Care Children Headed to College</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-children-headed-to-college</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-children-headed-to-college</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[ChildServ — a metropolitan Chicago-based not-for-profit child and family services agency — is seeking donations to benefit six disadvantaged foster children preparing for their first...]]></description></item><item><title>10 Foster Children Experience Horse Riding for First Time</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/10-foster-children-experience-horse-riding-for-first-time</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/10-foster-children-experience-horse-riding-for-first-time</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On most Sunday afternoons, they'd be indoors — at church, at home playing video games, watching television or doing laundry and other chores to prepare for the week ahead....]]></description></item><item><title>Quebec Abandoned Baby in Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/quebec-abandoned-baby-in-foster-care</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:34:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/quebec-abandoned-baby-in-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The newborn baby that was abandoned at the Lakeshore General Hospital has progressed enough to be released from the hospital, and has been placed in protective foster care. The baby boy was...]]></description></item><item><title>Abandoned Baby Placed in Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/abandoned-baby-placed-in-foster-care</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/abandoned-baby-placed-in-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Baby July, the newborn boy abandoned at the Lakeshore General Hospital last week, is now in foster care but officials are still hoping to reunite him with his mother. The infant, who weighed...]]></description></item><item><title>Former Foster Child Receives Records</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/former-foster-child-receives-records</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/former-foster-child-receives-records</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[After seven years, Marina Powless finally has some official record of her childhood. The 26-year-old Yellowknife resident and former foster child received files last Friday relating to her...]]></description></item><item><title>Helping Foster Care Kids Become Adults</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/helping-foster-care-kids-become-adults</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/helping-foster-care-kids-become-adults</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[What do you do with a foster child when they stop being a foster child? It's a question Delaware is struggling to answer. In a new report called, "Aging out of Foster Care," the Delaware...]]></description></item><item><title>State Visitation Policy for Foster Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/state-visitation-policy-for-foster-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/state-visitation-policy-for-foster-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Caseworker visits and contacts with children in substitute care. (A) The public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) that holds custody of a child shall comply...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Care at the Limit</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-at-the-limit</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-at-the-limit</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Parental drug addictions are forcing so many Yellowknife children out of their homes and into foster care that there may not be enough foster homes in the city to house them unless more residents...]]></description></item><item><title>Hearing in Philadelphia to Focus on Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/hearing-in-philadelphia-to-focus-on-foster-care</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/hearing-in-philadelphia-to-focus-on-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Foster care will be the focus of a hearing Thursday by the state Senate Democratic Policy Committee. The hearing, held at the request of State Sen. LeAnna Washington (D., Phila.)...]]></description></item><item><title>Local Church Hosts CASA Training</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/local-church-hosts-casa-training</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/local-church-hosts-casa-training</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Several citizens of Anderson County were active over the Fourth of July holiday by attending CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) training at Tennessee Colony Church. CASA volunteers stand up for the...]]></description></item><item><title>Children are Wasting Years in Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/children-are-wasting-years-in-care</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/children-are-wasting-years-in-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It is, according to your feature, a myth that white middle-class couples are effectively discriminated against when it comes to trying to adopt in this country (Too posh to adopt?, June 17)....]]></description></item><item><title>His Foster Parents Wanted to Give Dima the World</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/his-foster-parents-wanted-to-give-dima-the-world</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/his-foster-parents-wanted-to-give-dima-the-world</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An American family adopted the two-year-old Dima Yakolev last March from the Pskovsk Regional Orphanage. The boy died when his father stopped by his office and left him in a parked car all day long....]]></description></item><item><title>Baby July with Foster Family</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/baby-july-with-foster-family</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/baby-july-with-foster-family</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Baby July is now in the hands of a foster family. The baby boy abandoned a week ago at the West Island Lakeshore General left the hospital Friday. He also left with a lot of gifts...]]></description></item><item><title>The Changing Face of Foster Care in NYC</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/the-changing-face-of-foster-care-in-nyc</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/the-changing-face-of-foster-care-in-nyc</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The new issue of Child Welfare Watch, "Homes Away from Home: Foster Parents for a New Generation," examines trends underway at the city's Administration for Children's Services toward...]]></description></item><item><title>Girl Missing from California Foster Home Found with Biological Mother</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/girl-missing-from-california-foster-home-found-with-biological-mother</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/girl-missing-from-california-foster-home-found-with-biological-mother</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old girl who disappeared from a foster home last week was located at a Greyhound bus station in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said....]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Child Removed from Transplant List</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-child-removed-from-transplant-list</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-child-removed-from-transplant-list</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Florida hospital took a foster child off its organ transplant waiting list, officials said, because the state can't guarantee the child will have a home. Shands Hospital in Gainesville...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Care Now Child's Play Under New Laws</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-now-childs-play-under-new-laws</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-now-childs-play-under-new-laws</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Foster carers seeking to adopt children should find the process faster and cheaper under a shake-up of the system announced yesterday by the Premier, Morris Iemma. New laws, expected to be...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Care Lagging in County</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-lagging-in-county-1</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-care-lagging-in-county-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A combination of more children needing foster care, fewer providers with foster care licensing and more families dropping out of the caregiver network is leaving a growing number of Eau Claire...]]></description></item><item><title>Improving Foster Care Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/improving-foster-care-adoption</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/improving-foster-care-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today welcomed the introduction of companion legislation in the House of Representatives of her bill to make the process of adopting children from...]]></description></item><item><title>County Frets over ‘Foster Freeze’</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/-4290</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/-4290</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Local social workers and foster children advocates said Thursday the 1,073 Santa Clarita Valley foster children will suffer from the proposed state budget that would cut an estimated $44 million...]]></description></item><item><title>Oregon Improves Oversight of Foster Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/oregon-improves-oversight-of-foster-children</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/oregon-improves-oversight-of-foster-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It might seem like snooping, but when Danielle Santilli-Day looks inside a family's cupboards and refrigerator she's simply doing her job. "Looks like a lot of healthy food," Santilli-Day noted last...]]></description></item><item><title>Fewer Children in Foster Care, but They Stay Longer</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/fewer-children-in-foster-care-but-they-stay-longer</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/fewer-children-in-foster-care-but-they-stay-longer</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The number of foster children in New York City is down over the last six years, but the amount of time they spent in care has gone up. That is one finding in a report called “Homes Away from Home: Foster...]]></description></item><item><title>Child Welfare Advocate Lends a Hand to Foster Care Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/child-welfare-advocate-lends-a-hand-to-foster-care-children</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/child-welfare-advocate-lends-a-hand-to-foster-care-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) and Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) have introduced legislation that seeks to make the process of adopting children from foster care more efficient...]]></description></item><item><title>Newborn Boy of Trenor Will Stay in a Foster Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/newborn-boy-of-trenor-will-stay-in-a-foster-home</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/newborn-boy-of-trenor-will-stay-in-a-foster-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A boy born two weeks ago while his mother was in custody on capital murder charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter will remain in a Dallas foster home, a Houston family court judge...]]></description></item><item><title>Noblesville Family Offers Permanent Home to Foster Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/noblesville-family-offers-permanent-home-to-foster-children</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/noblesville-family-offers-permanent-home-to-foster-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For the sixth summer, Channel 13 is shattering the silence on domestic abuse. This year our focus is on child abuse. In Noblesville, there's a special family whose home is filled with humor, love...]]></description></item><item><title>County Struggles for Foster Care Money</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/county-struggles-for-foster-care-money</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/county-struggles-for-foster-care-money</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Being foster parents is a calling for Ingrid Griffith and Penny Mountjoy, but the past few months have been  a struggle. "The amount of money we spend on groceries has tripled because we have...]]></description></item><item><title>Baby Grace's Brother Stays in Foster Care in Dallas</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/baby-graces-brother-stays-in-foster-care-in-dallas</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/baby-graces-brother-stays-in-foster-care-in-dallas</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A boy born two weeks ago while his mother was in custody on capital murder charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter will remain in a Dallas foster home, a Houston family court judge...]]></description></item><item><title>Emotional Plea Gets Backing</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/emotional-plea-gets-backing</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/emotional-plea-gets-backing</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An emotional plea from parents for a nursery in their area has won support from councillors. As reported in the Grimsby Telegraph, parents formed a petition to get North East Lincolnshire Council to...]]></description></item><item><title>Outing Raises 300 Smiles from Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/outing-raises-300-smiles-from-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/outing-raises-300-smiles-from-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[More than 300 children descended on Southend, intent on having a good time despite the grim weather. The London Taxi Drivers' Fund undertook its 80th annual pilgrimage to the town with disadvantaged...]]></description></item><item><title>Without a Family to Lean on, Adult Life Lacks Something</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/without-a-family-to-lean-on-adult-life-lacks-something</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/without-a-family-to-lean-on-adult-life-lacks-something</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When talking to kids about life in foster care, it's not usually an easy conversation. For many of them, life as someone's temporary child is all they know. But adults who've lived...]]></description></item><item><title>Texas Organization Works to Help Foster Kids Find a Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/texas-organization-works-to-help-foster-kids-find-a-home</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/texas-organization-works-to-help-foster-kids-find-a-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Texas organization to help foster children find a good, safe home needs more volunteers. Texas CASA, Court-Appointed Special Advocate, is a volunteer program to help foster children through...]]></description></item><item><title>Orphans Arrive from Taiwan for 5-Week Foster Program</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/orphans-arrive-from-taiwan-for-5-week-foster-program</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/orphans-arrive-from-taiwan-for-5-week-foster-program</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Seven foster children from Taiwan are settling in with their potential new families. They met for the first time this afternoon at the Salt Lake International Airport....]]></description></item><item><title>Michigan Set to Reform Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/michigan-set-to-reform-foster-care</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/michigan-set-to-reform-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A settlement reached Thursday with an advocacy group that sued the state is expected to add hundreds of workers and help reform Michigan's child welfare system. As part of the settlement, reached...]]></description></item><item><title>Providence Service Corporation Foster Care Program</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/providence-service-corporation-foster-care-program</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:32:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/providence-service-corporation-foster-care-program</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Providence is a national corporation that offers a complete continuum of integrated behavioral health treatment services designed to meet the needs of individuals with behavioral health...]]></description></item><item><title>A difficult Journey through Foster System</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/a-difficult-journey-through-foster-system</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/a-difficult-journey-through-foster-system</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Miranda Insko, 17, has an early childhood memory. It is 1995. Her grandparents, Nanny and Pawpaw, are standing with her three sisters in their front yard in Robertson County giving her...]]></description></item><item><title>Foster Children Group Gets $750,000</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-group-gets-750-000</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:12:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/foster-children-group-gets-750-000</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Foundation for Foster Children has received $750,000 that the group plans to use to help pay for the activities of foster children. Money would be given for such activities as dance...]]></description></item><item><title>Desperate for Good Homes</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/desperate-for-good-homes</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/desperate-for-good-homes</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[There aren't enough foster parents in Reno County, so staff members at Saint Francis Community Services in Hutchinson say local children often end up with foster parents in another part of the state....]]></description></item><item><title>Native American, Black Kids More Likely to End Up in Foster Care</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/native-american-black-kids-more-likely-to-end-up-in-foster-care</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:58:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/FosterChildren/native-american-black-kids-more-likely-to-end-up-in-foster-care</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Until he was 17, Charles Goodwin spent most of his teen years living with foster families and interacting with caseworkers who never fully understood him for a basic reason: None shared...]]></description></item></channel></rss>