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- Foster care program finds, educates owners for these long-living, smart ... June 16, 2013Parrot Education and Adoption Center hosts a seminar once each month at the San Diego Department of Animal Services on Gaines Street in San Diego and another at the Friends of the Valleys/Southwest Communities Animal Shelter in Wildomar in ...See all stories on this topic » […]U-T San Diego
- Foster care program finds, educates owners for these long-living, smart ... June 14, 2013He adopted Angel last year through San Diego's Parrot Education and Adoption Center (PEAC). He then volunteered through the organization to provide a foster home for Kiki, Popeye and Racket. Now he's in the process of adopting Kiki. With patience and ...See all stories on this topic » […]U-T San Diego
- Positive parroting June 14, 2013Racket awaits placement at the Hillcrest home of his foster-care provider, Eric Kern. — Andy Wilhelm. · ; ✉; - Comments ... He adopted Angel last year through San Diego's Parrot Education and Adoption Center (PEAC). He then volunteered through the ...See all stories on this topic » […]U-T San Diego
- Nixon signs two bills dealing with foster care (AUDIO) June 13, 2013He says the passage of that law could be seen as extending to foster children another advantage that children not in foster care have. “Any 18-year-old who heads out on their own, whether it's into the workforce or into higher education, they often ...See all stories on this topic »Missourinet.com […]Missourinet.com
- Gov. Nixon signs bills to extend foster care service for Missouri youth June 13, 2013David Sater, extends the age of foster care to 21 and requires youth in state care to visit a Missouri institute of higher education or a military recruiter before they leave the system, unless waived by their family-support team. The bill would also ...See all stories on this topic »Columbia Missourian […]Columbia Missourian
- Nixon signs foster care bills, praises state programs June 13, 2013The bills raise the maximum age a child may re-enter foster care if they so choose and allows for visits of colleges, technical schools and military facilities for eligible foster children exploring higher education options. “These are exactly the ...See all stories on this topic »The Missouri Times […]The Missouri Times
- School helped foster teens June 1, 2013To the editor — Catholic Family & Child Service provides services to teens in foster care and aging out of foster care to assist them in being successful in the completion of their education, enrolling in college and technical careers, locating ...See all stories on this topic » […]Yakima Herald-Republic
- Their View: Educating foster youth critical to their – and our – future May 23, 2013This is particularly true for the 18-21-year-olds in foster care. Through the oversight of youth progress toward educational goals provided by judges and resources provided by Minnesota's Education and Training Voucher program, opportunities for ...See all stories on this topic » […]Perham Focus
- 'Aging out' doesn't end foster care May 23, 2013Besides a lesser chance of postsecondary education, he added that problems like homelessness, criminal activity and unplanned pregnancy tended to be higher among those who had been in foster care. Though some of those things were due to poor ...See all stories on this topic » […]Cleveland Daily Banner
- Volunteers needed to advocate for disabled, foster children May 23, 2013“We have found over the years that having an educational surrogate parent is a critical piece of the education puzzle for children in foster care,” Buckley said. “This program was created to address a gap in educational services available to children ...See all stories on this topic » […]Las Vegas Review-Journal