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Administration, Private Foundations Announce $35 Million Initiative To Stabilize Highest-Risk Families

June 5, 2012 | News Release

New program pairs supportive housing and social services to strengthen fragile families and avert foster care placements.

Administration, Private Foundations Announce $35 Million Initiative to Stabilize Highest Risk Families

June 4, 2012 | Story

Recommended Reading Keeping Families Together: A Pilot Program and Its Evaluation Keeping Families Together The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Yo ...

Aging Out of Foster Care: The Unmet Needs of Youth

February 23, 2009 | Program Result

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued Aging Out of the Foster Care System to Adulthood: Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations, a report on the unmet needs of youth in America.

Los Angeles-Based Program Develops Five-Year Business Plan to Enhance Services for Children in Foster Care

March 1, 2007 | Program Result

The Rowell Foster Childrens' Positive Plan developed a five-year business operating plan to structure its growth and expansion to enable it to enhance the services provided to foster children in Los Angeles County.

"Super" Case Managers Help Families Access Child Health Services in Arkansas

October 1, 1997 | Program Result

One of the biggest barriers that keeps low-income families from getting the health services they need for their children is the sheer number of agencies they have to visit. Each agency is in a different location and has its own requirements and staff.

Keeping Families Together

January 25, 2011 | Report

Pilot program shows real promise in bringing families back from the brink of major crisis by reducing the cycle of homelessness and involvement with child welfare and other agencies.

In Two California Counties Health Teams Support Grandparents Raising Their Grandkids

March 1, 2006 | Program Result

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1999 more than 3.9 million children in America were being raised in homes maintained by one or more grandparent.

Boston PBS Affiliate Produces "Failure to Protect"

December 1, 2004 | Program Result

In January and February 2003, WGBH Educational Foundation aired a three-part Frontline series called "Failure to Protect," which addresses problems with the child welfare system in America.

Way to Grow Program Meets Children's Health Needs to Prepare Them for School

October 1, 1997 | Program Result

Tynisha LaDuke's entry into kindergarten didn't seem like the kind of event that would get an article in the newspaper. A healthy, eager-to-learn five-year-old, she was exactly the kind of student every teacher hopes for.

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