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  1. Mississippi school district agrees to not handcuff students to objects - Chicago Tribune awe.sm/5tj64
  2. I Want to Talk to My Kids About Etan Patz - But I Don't Know How by @ErinMantz - Huff Post awe.sm/5tiq9
  3. Top 10 Things You Should Know About Texas’s Demographic Changes - Ctr for American Progress awe.sm/5tiMQ #ChildrenOfSouthwest
  4. Foster Care Youth Can Benefit Greatly from ACA, but Need Advocates to Make Sure They Do - @GeorgetownCCF - awe.sm/5tiAD #fostercare
  5. RT @Campaign4Kids: .@RepKarenBass: Commemorating National Foster Care Month - Huff Post awe.sm/5tZDo
  6. States urged to do better in aiding grandparents, other relatives who fill child-raising void | The Republic awe.sm/5tZDT @AECFNews
  7. Kinship care beats foster care for raising kids – support needed - CSMonitor.com awe.sm/5tZCc @AECFNews
  8. RT @brucelesley Katie Beckett, Who Inspired Health Reform, Dies at 34 - NYTimes.com awe.sm/5tZ9o Rest In Peace Katie!
  9. RT @brucelesley Singer Jimmy Wayne (@jimmywayne), his story inspire change in foster care | The Tennessean awe.sm/5t7Ei #fostercare
  10. Great #TN story about country star @JimmyWayne's work to give #fostercare #kids a better chance tennessean.com/article/201205… #NFCM #InvestInKids
  11. Report: More support needed for kinship caregivers - BusinessWeek awe.sm/5t7Ct @AECFNews
  12. Study shows "most individual policies today fall short of the #ACA's most basic standards." thehill.com/blogs/healthwa… #InvestInKids
  13. Report: Number of children living with grandparents, other relatives, on increase » Naples Daily News awe.sm/5t781 @AECFNews
  14. In Georgia, Anti-immigrant Law’s “Harmful Effects Already Being Felt” — Immigration Reform | America's Voice awe.sm/5sqSE
  15. Mom can't leave Canada with children — or stay either - British Columbia - CBC News awe.sm/5sqOr
  16. @RepRoybalAllard We so very much appreciate all your terrific work for kids! @Campaign4Kids
  17. RT @ChildWelfareHub Texas Cuts Efforts To Prevent Child Abuse « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth awe.sm/5sqNv #childabuse
  18. Grassley: Disabled Iowan, Katie Beckett, led an inspirational life | Des Moines Register awe.sm/5sqIV #Medicaid
  19. Census continues to undercount blacks, Hispanics and kids – USA Today awe.sm/5sqI6 @AECFNews