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Experts Bring Attention To The Need For Foster Homes For Older Youth
BALTIMORE – Over half of the children in foster care in Baltimore City are teenagers, but foster parents are reluctant to take them in.
Sara Start Fund helps former foster kids with life as interns on Capitol Hill
Washington Post (July 15, 2011) The interns, all former foster kids, had aged out of the system and made their way through college. Now they were in Washington, on Capitol…
PG County’s DSS Partners to Provide Quality Service to County Residents Seeking Relief from the High Cost of Energy
Landover, MD- On July 5, 2011 the State of Maryland began serving customers for the 2011 – 2012 Office of Home Energy Programs’ (OHEP) Energy
New Laws Help Foster Teens Achieve Independence
BALTIMORE, MD. (July 12, 2011) – Teenagers have two major milestones that they anxiously await: securing a drivers license and going to college. These milestones mark their transition from dependency…
Social services offices drastically understaffed while needs increased, study says
MarylandReporter June 10, 2011 By Megan Poinski Megan@MarylandReporter.com As state dollars got tighter and average incomes got lower, the state’s social services offices were nearly 1,100 employees and $50 million…
Hansen selected as 2011 Foster Parent
StarDem Wednesday, June 8, 2011 EASTON Talbot County Department of Social Services named Audrey Hansen of Easton the 2011 Foster Parent of the Year. Although Hansen has only been a…
Finding homes for children in need
County photo gallery designed to draw foster, adoptive families June 9, 2011 Danielle E. Gaines, Staff Writer Gazette.net Monday was a hard day for foster mother Sandra Mitchell. She had…
Results Based Leadership
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has developed a comprehensive portfolio of programs to give leaders —from public, nonprofit, private, and community-based organizations—the skills and tools they need to move from…
Local Talbot County Businesses Assist Area Foster Parents With Tax Preparation
EASTON, MD – MAY 17, 2011. Two local Talbot County tax firms, H & R Block in Easton and Sump and Associates, recently assisted Talbot County foster parents and foster…
First Lady Judge Katie O’Malley To Honor Maryland’s Foster Parents
First Lady Judge Katie O’Malley To Honor Maryland’s Foster Parents Will join newly-named DHR Secretary to celebrate outstanding parents ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 13, 2011) – On Sunday, May 15, 2011…
