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Colorado CASA seeking volunteers to support kids in foster care

CO4Kids

“It’s pretty easy for working professionals and even young adults to be a really meaningful part of a child story as a volunteer,” said Kristen who also reiterated the need for more volunteers saying the organization especially needs more male volunteers and volunteers from diverse backgrounds.

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KVC Health Systems Launches KVC Missouri and Names New President

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In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes. It is called the Foster Care Adoption Resource Services, Training and Consultation (FCARSTC) program.

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Chapin Hall prepares to whitewash abuse in foster care

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

As their statement explains, the study will use only data officially reported by family policing agencies using two federal databases, the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). And why are they doing it this way?

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What Does KVC Stand For?

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Building Expertise in Serving Children & Families While KVC started as a small group home for boys, we’ve since learned from research that residential group home care is not the ideal living situation for most children. Diverse perspectives are key to our progress. Instead, “Children grow best in families.”