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  Memphis lands large grant to address lack of services for homeless young adults

  mlk50.com - Jacob Steimer

  Seven Memphians under the age of 25 will soon help decide how the federal government spends $3.7 million.The Department of Housing and Urban …

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  Teens in foster care will go to college for free, under new state program - Minnesota Reformer

  minnesotareformer.com - Rilyn Eischens

  Antania Goff remembers thinking, “This is my first step to changing my life,” when she opened her acceptance letter from St. Cloud State …

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  AP analysis: COVID prolonged foster care stays for thousands

  Associated Press - Sally Ho And Camille Fassett

  SEATTLE (AP) — Leroy Pascubillo missed his daughter’s first step, her first word and countless other precious milestones. After being born addicted to heroin, she had been placed with a foster family, and he anxiously counted the days between their visits as he tried to regain custody. But because …

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  May 9, 2021

• https://theconversation.com/what-former-foster-children-went-through-when-the-covid-19-pandemic-closed-college-campuses-156731

  

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  Apr 16, 2021
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  Why This County Is Giving Foster Youth $1,000 A Month, No Strings Attached

  HuffPost - Laura Paddison

  The first-in-the-nation program aims to support young people when they age out of the foster care system often with no security net whatsoever. Sophia spent 21 years in the foster care system, but considers herself lucky. Now 24, she has created a solid foundation for herself in Santa Clara County, …