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Nationally, about a third of foster care youth identify as LGBTQ+, and researchers say they are at significantly higher risk of experiencing homelessness and physical harm.
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Representative Dave Severin's Backpacks for Buddies program provides backpacks and basic personal items.
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May is national foster care awareness month. One minister is helping supply foster kids with essentials.Kay Kizer runs Kay’s Carryons, and she said her…
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This Saturday in Carterville more than two dozen performers will headline an outdoor event to help foster families. Les O'Dell is with the Foster Family…
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The state is moving ahead with its plan to shift an estimated 18,000 children from the child welfare system into a health care coverage plan despite...
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In October, State Representative Dave Severin announced the launch of “Backpacks for Buddies”, a donation drive seeking new backpacks filled with…
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A southern Illinois lawmaker is launching a program to help children placed in emergency foster care.State Representative Dave Severin says far too often,…
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In Illinois over 16,00 thousand children are in foster care.Occasionally foster families are given less than a day’s notice of their new arrival.There’s a…
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Southern Illinois University's medical school has opened a specialty clinic to serve children in the foster care system with the goal of reducing…
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Around 200 people showed up Saturday in Cape Girardeau for a special fundraiser.The second annual Polo Classic raised money for Voices for Children-CASA,…