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Ottawa County mom who tested positive for COVID-19 shares her story
Fox 17 News
40-year-old Rena Hawkins is a mom of 8, her kids are her life but these days it’s pretty quiet around the house and will be for some time.
Read MoreImmigration reform will strengthen Michigan’s economy
Grand Rapids Business Journal
We talk to business leaders every day and they regularly tell us they struggle to find workers to sustain and grow their companies. This deficit is a major pain point for industries across the state, and mild population growth over the past decade hasn’t helped. If we don’t address these workforce challenges soon, Michigan’s economy will suffer. We believe that sensible immigration policies are key to solving this problem. This is why business leaders who represent more than 20,000 companies and more than 1 million . . .
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Program launched to aid foreign-born trafficking victims in Detroit
Detroit News
Bethany Christian Services' helps with counseling, food, clothing, housing, employment and family reunification when possible.
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IAG 068: Transracial Adoption with Dr. Kay Ramsey
Infant Adoption Guide
Dr. Ramsey shares how she was born into foster care because her birthmom was raped while in prision. She answers questions and shares resources about transracial adoption.
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Ending international adoptions
WORLD Radio Blog
MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Thursday, the 20th of February, 2020. You’re listening to The World and Everything in It and we are so glad you are. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard. MEGAN BASHAM, HOST: And I’m Megan Basham. First up: international adoption. Fifteen years ago, Americans adopted nearly 23,000 children from other countries. By last year, that number...
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Small network of foster families provides comfort and love
The Community Paper
The College Park home of Christina and Brad Cowherd is constantly bustling — but that's to be expected when you're caring for seven children. Christina and Brad, who have five biological children between 13 years old and 9 months old, recently took in two foster children, bringing their total child count to seven.
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Parent Trip: For Tiffany and Gregg Guerreiro, family is a welcoming place
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“I had that culture in my home of welcoming people who could be family but were not related biologically. It was part of our heartbeat for many years,” she says.
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Life-Threatening Limbo: Thousands of Families Suffer Along US-Mexico Border
CBN News
A Trump administration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait for US court hearings in Mexico is threatening the health of families and children say humanitarian advocates.
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Agency’s move to bar foreign adoptions leaves few options in Michigan
Detroit News
The few international adoption agencies left in Michigan are learning to cope with fluctuating regulations, increasing expenses
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Adoptee helps, inspires others with personal adoption journey
WRCBtv.com
A local woman who was abandoned at birth and later adopted is using her personal story to help others.
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