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Sep. 26, 2008
Keeping Hope Alive For Foster Care Kids
If the federal Adoption Incentive Program expires, more children will grow up in long-term foster care, less prepared to make a positive contribution to society, writes F. Scott McCown.
FORUM COLUMN
By F. Scott McCown When a child isn't safe living with a parent because of abuse or neglect, Child Protective Services tries to find a loving relative to take the child. When there is no appropriate relative, CPS asks foster parents to care for the child, but foster care is always supposed to be temporary. Even the best foster homes are seldom the ideal place to grow up. Even more seldom do they serve as a lifelong family. Aft...
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