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The advocacy group Children's Rights sued the state of Michigan over its foster care system more than eight years ago because of the number of kids who…
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Michigan has been under a federal court order to improve its foster care system for years. The state wants the monitoring to stop, but there's no…
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It makes sense that young people who have been abused or neglected would be more likely to get in serious trouble. But the numbers are nonetheless pretty…
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Can’t believe it’s 2015 already? We can’t either.Here's a rundown of what caught our attention (and yours) most last year. Child developmentOne of our…
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This time next week, most college students will be wrapping up their final exams and getting ready for winter break. They’ll pack up their bags and head…
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It's important to go to college, we get it.Kids in foster care get it, too. Almost all of them say they want to go to college. But only one in five…
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The goal for children in foster care is to find them permanent homes. If they can’t live with their birth parents, the next best thing might be adoption.…
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Many folks who tuned into Jennifer Guerra’s arresting audio documentary on foster care, "Finding Home," wondered how some of the young adults featured,…
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We've recently spent a lot of time here at State of Opportunity focusing on foster care. If you missed Jennifer Guerra's documentary Finding Home, set…
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State of Opportunity aired a documentary yesterday on foster care. All this week, we're publishing a series of articles that explore specific aspects of…