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Keep Foster Children Off the Street
Target: U.S. SenateSponsored by: Covenant House
One in five foster children grow up to be homeless adults. Many of these children are forced to leave their homes due to physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, but the state child welfare systems responsible for their well-being lack the tools needed to meet their complex needs.
The Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act attempts to break the vicious cycle that disconnects these children from the help they need. The act supports these young people by: strengthening federal child welfare systems, extending their access to support services, and amending the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to improve access to benefits.
Every child deserves a chance to succeed no matter where they grow up or who raises them. Urge your senators to support S.2560, the Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act.
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We signed the “Keep Foster Children Off the Street” letter!
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4:12 am PDT, Mar 25,
Jeanie Buerger, Massachusetts
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2:09 am PDT, Mar 25,
Can Atik, Turkey
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1:17 am PDT, Mar 25,
Franquelyne Low, New Mexico
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10:24 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Barb Kruse, Idaho
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9:34 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Chris Anas, California
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6:34 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Mary Bennett, Florida
We can't just throw these kids out onto the streets like they were worthless. If government has any responsibility, it is to take care of these children who are the equivalent of orphans.
We can't just throw these kids out onto the streets like they were worthless. If government has any responsibility, it is to take care of these children who are the equivalent of orphans.
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6:11 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Name not displayed, Texas
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2:23 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Erika Calbrecht, United Kingdom
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12:33 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Mary Zoglio, Florida
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11:54 am PDT, Mar 24,
Angela Zuniga, Minnesota
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11:16 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Johanna Oksanen, Finland
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8:17 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Janet Kamand, New Jersey
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4:51 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Nicole Walker, Ohio
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4:36 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Amanda Cook, Ohio
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3:43 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Carrie Needler, Indiana
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2:55 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Joseph Smith, Kentucky
Our children are the future of the world, and we need to protect them! We are supposed to protect their innocence and protect them, keep them out of harms way, but when they someday end up homeless, they are exposed to the many dangers of the world, which isn't fair!
Our children are the future of the world, and we need to protect them! We are supposed to protect their innocence and protect them, keep them out of harms way, but when they someday end up homeless, they are exposed to the many dangers of the world, which isn't fair!
# 7,034:
2:35 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Jamie Metzler, Missouri
I am a clinical social worker that works with these kids and I see this as a great need.
I am a clinical social worker that works with these kids and I see this as a great need.
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1:49 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Name not displayed, Pakistan
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11:43 am PDT, Mar 23,
Marcia Federbush, Michigan
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8:27 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Jacqueline Park, Pennsylvania
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7:25 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Dorothy Mingus, Virginia
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4:56 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Ines Seidel, Germany
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11:23 am PDT, Mar 22,
Roger Britton, Ohio
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11:03 am PDT, Mar 22,
Crystal Susan Bloom, Wisconsin
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10:04 am PDT, Mar 22,
Karen Torley, United Kingdom
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5:42 am PDT, Mar 22,
Kim Butler, Georgia
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5:11 am PDT, Mar 22,
Richard Hollister, Arizona
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11:04 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Kimberly Boyer, California
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6:52 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Cassie F, Indiana
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5:36 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Darren Kirby, United Kingdom
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5:15 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Anne Seidel, Germany
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1:01 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Jean Kozel, Pennsylvania
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12:59 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Mair Jones, United Kingdom
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9:11 am PDT, Mar 21,
Cynthia Robinson, Switzerland
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8:14 am PDT, Mar 21,
Nora Wo, Arizona
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4:36 am PDT, Mar 21,
Kelly Oeyen, Belgium
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8:46 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Alexandria Gilchrist, California
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7:24 pm PDT, Mar 20,
DeeDee Thomason, Texas
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6:38 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Lindsay Canas, Georgia
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5:18 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Taz D Cafe, Puerto Rico
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4:52 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Martha Rickman, California
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3:50 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Lien Buijs, Netherlands
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3:07 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Carolyn DeMirjian, California
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1:07 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Marija Pavlovic, Serbia And Montenegro
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9:40 am PDT, Mar 20,
Sarah Reed, North Carolina
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9:30 am PDT, Mar 20,
Debbie Williams, California
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6:15 am PDT, Mar 20,
Ann Cawley, Missouri
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10:35 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Angele LeBoeuf-Rivere, Louisiana
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8:28 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Misha Durmeier, Arkansas