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  1. RT @youthvillages: Here's a great video on foster care by ABC 24 Eyewitness News in Memphis: http://tinyurl.com/yenmz86
  2. RT @policy4results: Race factor explored in forum on foster care http://ow.ly/B0YI
  3. RT @USATODAY Programs help 'unbanked' avoid high fees http://usat.me/?36721624
  4. Read Daniel Heimpel's latest blog on educational standards for youth in #fostercare: http://tr.im/E1Jo
  5. Read the Initiative's new e-update: http://bit.ly/RnaRy
  6. Efforts to move children who are state wards to permanence are having an impact, according to the NE DHHS: http://tr.im/ClPv
  7. Read Daniel Heimpel's OpEd on the importance of states implementing the #FosteringConnectionsAct: http://tr.im/ClFc
  8. Read Daniel Heimpel's Op-Ed on how extending #fostercare to 21 would pay big dividends: http://tr.im/B8Kj
  9. New resource center helps states implement the Fostering Connections Act: http://tr.im/B8r2
  10. The Toll of #FosterCare http://ow.ly/qJeL Thanks Policy4Results!
  11. A faltering economy is no reason to deprive youth in #fostercare of a better life. Read D. Heimpel blog on HuffPo http://bit.ly/3beKLh
  12. The Fight to Make Well-Being a Foster Child's Right- HuffPo blog about federal Fostering Connections Act. http://ow.ly/pX2w
  13. State laws to implement the federal Fostering Connections Act http://ow.ly/pWQN
  14. USAToday: New campaign aims to promote black child adoptions.http://bit.ly/1679rP
  15. CT youth in foster care headed to college with help from DCF and the Opportunity Passport(tm) http://tinyurl.com/mhy7l9
  16. Sen. Landrieu mentioned her bill that gives young adults credit for mentoring youth in foster care.
  17. "No one ever asks what kids in foster care want to be when they grow up."--Sue Badeau
  18. According to Chapin Hall Researcher, many youth in foster care unfortunately believe that the benefits of teen pregnancy outweigh the costs.
  19. New data about teen pregnancy and youth in foster care released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
  20. Senator Landrieu reiterates the need to help youth transition from foster care achieve positive outcomes.