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(The Center Square) – Survivors of childhood sexual assault and their advocates gathered in front of California’s Capitol on Thursday morning to advocate for protections for children in foster care and the state’s juvenile justice […] Continue reading with a Black Chronicle subscription. Purchase The Black Chronicle Newspaper Subscription – Now with the All-New TBC Magazine! or The Black Chronicle Newspaper Subscription – Now with the All-New TBC Magazine!! to unlock this

UPDATE:A northeast Oklahoma first-grade teacher admitted to having sexual contact with her 16-year-old foster son.35-year-old Melanie Gale Friend, of Wyandotte, was arrested on one count of child sexual abuse after investigators said she willingly disclosed the encounter to authorities at the Ottawa

By Martyn Herman LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Efe Obada spent a decade defying the odds in the NFL after rising from a traumatic childhood marked by trafficking, foster care and homelessness in London. Now, the 34-year-old believes his real life's work will begin on [...]

(The Center Square) – Louisiana is overhauling how prospective foster and kinship caregivers become certified, with state officials announcing a new digital platform they say will simplify the application process and help more children find family-based homes. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services announced the statewide rollout of HomeReady, an online system for […] The post Louisiana aims to streamline foster applications with new online program appeared first on Th

(The Center Square) – A national advocacy organization is urging Louisiana leaders to fund a college tuition waiver program for former foster youth that has been on the books for two decades but has never been implemented because lawmakers never appropriated the money. American Foster Futures on Wednesday called on Gov. Jeff Landry and state […] The post Louisiana foster tuition law remains unfunded for 20 years appeared first on The Black Chronicle.