After 233 Kids, Foster Parents Quit
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The walls and tabletops in Roger and Imogene Gorsuch's home are lined with photos of their extra children - all 233 of them.
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About one million cribs designed by Simplicity for Children have been recalled after the suffocation deaths of at least two children, the government said today.
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All of the kids were special to her. In the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Schenectady, N.Y. -- a place Daisy Smythe unabashedly calls "a hood" -- all of the grandchildren and cousins had a unique place in her heart. So, too, all of the foster kids, the parade of runaways and castoffs she brought in and showered with tough ...
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The commissioner of New Jerseyâs Department of Children and Families announced his resignation after two years of leading a court-ordered overhaul of the stateâs embattled child welfare system.
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More than 150 children placed in care in the South East have vanished since 2004, figures obtained by the BBC show.
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Seven Texas children were recovering on Tuesday after surviving for 10 months in a Nigerian shack when their adoptive mother abandoned them, child welfare authorities said on Tuesday.
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More than 100,000 children who have been abused or neglected by their biological parents are languishing in foster care, waiting to be adopted. The explanations are practically universal, with nearly every state facing the same problems in running its child welfare agency, a report finds.
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More than half of 16 and 17-year-olds who left care in the last year did not achieve any Standard Grade level qualifications, it emerges.
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Young people leaving care to be included in programmes offered by big businesses.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - Adoption hotlines around the  world have been jammed with callers since the Asian tsunami on  Dec. 26 orphaned thousands of children, but experts and aid  agencies are telling would-be parents they may be disappointed.
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BESLAN, Russia - Camouflage-clad commandos carried crying babies away from a school where gunmen holding hundreds of hostages freed at least 26 women and children Thursday during a second day of high drama that kept crowds of distraught relatives on edge.    Two new accounts emerged, meanwhile, that the militants were holding at least 1,000 children, teachers and parents inside the school, far more than previously thought...
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The number of city kids who have died from abuse or neglect this year is up an alarming 57%, officials said yesterday. Some 58 kids died from suspected maltreatment during the first nine months
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LOS ANGELES Recent cuts to a state program could cause thousands of children with emotional disorders to lose critical mental health services.
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Steve Atwater told his four kids their recent trip to Cancun may be the last one for a while. Blaine Bishop has tossed and turned at night, worried his retirement safety net could be in jeopardy.
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The event educated families on the adoption process. More than 100- thousand children in the US are waiting to be adopted. Kathy Searle/ Utah Director of Adoption Exchange: &quot;We want to give hope to children
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Child welfare agencies are involving troubled families in decisions about where endangered children should live.
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Orphanages in southern Africa are closing in favor of efforts to reintegrate children into communities.