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National adoption agency urges families to adopt older foster kids
KPAX
A Georgia couple took in siblings Mark and Lexy, who are teens. However, an adoption story like this one is not very common. Most people want to adopt babies, and at the ages of 15 and 17, Mark and Lexy almost aged out of the foster care system.
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Opinion: Michigan needs far more foster parents
The Detroit News
"Foster parents could be the answer to restoring our hurting communities. "
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Teen adoption from foster care: a story from a true “instant family”
Mission Network News
November is National Adoption Month in the United States. It's no secret that venturing into the world of adoption introduces a lot of unknowns. But...
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"Safe Families" program helps give kids a home when parents are in need
WVLT
When families are in crisis sometimes there's no place for kids to go.
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New to Haiti: Foster care for the nation's parentless kids
Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Like roughly a quarter of Haiti's children, 11-year-old Franchina has spent much of her short life without parents. Her mother dead, her father in prison, Franchina was placed in a state-run orphanage as a toddler, remaining illiterate year after year and seemingly destined for a hard life in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. But this year, Franchina's fortunes took a hopeful turn. She has benefited from the newfound resolution of Haiti's government to improve the deplorable status of the country's children, and more specifically from a partnership between the state child welfare agency and several international child-service organizations.
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When You Are Persecuted in One Place, Flee to Another
Christianity Today
Both US policy and Middle East wisdom discourage suffering Christians from resettling in the West.
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Thanks to Trump, the U.S. hasn't admitted a single refugee since September
Yahoo News
October was the first full month in at least 18 years in which the United States did not admit any refugees.
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Seven families celebrated at Kalamazoo Adoption Day
WOODTV.com
Parents and children gathered at the Kalamazoo County 9th Circuit Court Friday to finalize their adoptions.
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Bethany Christian Services hosting Mom Prom to benefit foster care and adoption
WOODTV.com
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (WOOD) – Our friends at Bethany Christian Services of Holland, Michigan are hosting a fun event for women on November 9th, 2019! They will be holding Mom Prom, a fundraisin…
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Refugee Acceptance Moratorium Threatens Community Assistance Infrastructure
Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The US hits another “new historic low” of accepting refugees. This week, the federal government canceled 500 flights and extended a moratorium until November 5th, for an even more precipitous drop.
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