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There are 513,000 kids living in foster care across America.
Now young people are banding together to make a difference for their peers who have suffered abuse, neglect, or abandonment.

People are thinking about ways the foster care system in America can be improved. One way would be to change the rules about how your state can spend federal money on kids in foster care. One thing we know for sure: your voice is needed to make people listen. Your story could change the way people look at the foster care system — and the kids in it. Band Together with the Kids Are Waiting campaign!

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No Kid Should Age Out of Foster Care Alone in America

May 28, 2009, Comcast.net News. By Chelsea-Badeau

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Policy Issue: Access to Records

Should young people in foster care have the right to access their own records? Who should be responsible for making sure they get copies of critical documents like their birth certificate or social security card? Check out this recent article from the Sun Sentinel in Florida, then tell us what you think.

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Lupe Ortiz-Tovar Testifies Before Congess

2005 Al-Star Lupe Ortiz-Tovar testified Before House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support in February, 2008. Here is what she told them..

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Policy 101: Relatives as Guardians

In most states, relatives and others who become permanent, legal guardians for a child in foster care lose federal financial assistance and services once the child exits foster care (as opposed to most foster placements and many adoptions, which receive federal support). Although some relatives decide to adopt their kin, adoption is not the right choice for others.

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Policy 101: Adoption

Although foster care is an important safety net for some children, it was intended to be a temporary arrangement. Children have a better opportunity for growing and developing when they are living with a safe family on a permanent basis.

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