#FosterCare #ChildWelfare #MarylandInvestments
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Maryland pushes to end warehousing foster children in hospitals, approves $1.2 billion in reforms after teen's death
Maryland's spending board approved contracts totaling more than $1 billion to provide new licensed caregivers for foster children as the state responds to the death in 2025 of a teenager who was being housed in a hotel.
#Basketball #NCAATournament #FosterCare
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Hodgson's NCAA Tournament homecoming filled with painful, uplifting memories for South Florida coach
BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP) -- Bryan Hodgson's celebrated homecoming comes with both deeply painful and joyously uplifting reminders of the South Florida's full-circle journey in preparing to make his NCAA Tournament coaching debut not far from his Jamestown, New York, roots.
#ChildWelfare #FosterCare #ConnecticutPolitics
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Connecticut lawmakers express concerns while questioning DCF nominee
Lawmakers on Thursday questioned Gov. Ned Lamont's nominee to lead Connecticut's child welfare agency about whether the state is doing enough to protect children from harm and make sure they're well cared for when they enter the foster system.
#FosterCare #ChildProtection #CriminalJustice
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Transgender triple killer removed from home with 2 foster children...
Two foster children who had been living with a convicted transgender triple killer, despite authorities being aware of the situation since late December 2025, are no longer residing with the violent criminal, according to local media reports.
#FosterCare #SexualAssault #Education
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High school basketball coach charged with raping foster daughter, serving victim tequila shots: report
Scott Marino arrives at Woburn District Court to face numerous charges stemming from the alleged rape of an 18-year-old victim under his foster care in Woburn, Massachusetts on Thursday, Feb.
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#ChildWelfare #KinshipCare #FosterCare
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Her grandbaby's life in the balance, a nana fights in court
Baby Briana's arms twitched and legs flopped against cold concrete. She stopped breathing.
The 16-month-old needed an ambulance to arrive within minutes and someone to pump air into her lungs with infant CPR until it got there.
#FosterCare #ChildSafety #JusticeForChildren
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Philadelphia foster mom charged with murder after toddler dies in her care
A Philadelphia foster mom has been charged with murder after a toddler in her care drowned in a bathtub last April.
Nine months went by from the time the child died to when the foster mom was arrested and charged.
#TurpinSiblings #ChildAbuseAwareness #FosterCareReform
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Turpin siblings recount years of abuse by parents inside 'house of...
Three of the Turpin siblings who endured repeated horrors at the hands of their parents and foster parents are sharing their story for the first time about the years of abuse they suffered.
#ChildAbuse #MentalHealth #FosterCare
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NYC mom who kept her teen twins captive suffered from schizophrenia:...
The twisted Bronx mother charged with assaulting her gaunt 14-year-old twins after keeping them in isolation for years in a Riverdale co-op suffered from schizophrenia, police sources told The Post.
#ChildAbuse #Bankruptcy #FosterCare
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Exclusive | Depraved Bronx house of horrors mom's financial problems revealed --...
The twisted mom who allegedly tried to keep her teen boys "babies forever" had $0 in her bank account and was $300,000 in debt shortly before her Bronx house of horrors was discovered, court records show.
#Adoption #FosterCare #ChildDevelopment
www.bostonherald.com
Bright, energetic Kassidy loves to perform
Kassidy is a bright, energetic child with a big personality and a love for being the center of attention. She enjoys singing, dancing, and doing arts and crafts -- especially when she can show off her creative side.
