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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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# 300:
8:17 pm PST, Feb 19,
Name not displayed, California
# 298:
8:15 pm PST, Feb 19,
Gary Lapid, California
# 297:
8:15 pm PST, Feb 19,
Erica Heller, Pennsylvania
# 296:
8:15 pm PST, Feb 19,
Sharon Pauqin-Gilmore, California
# 295:
8:15 pm PST, Feb 19,
Craig Sill, Nevada
The government wants to break up our families.The less we love each other the more the government wins. United we stand and so far divided we have fallen.
The government wants to break up our families.The less we love each other the more the government wins. United we stand and so far divided we have fallen.
# 294:
8:15 pm PST, Feb 19,
Elaine Bachman, Washington
# 293:
8:15 pm PST, Feb 19,
Richard Harple, Pennsylvania
# 292:
8:14 pm PST, Feb 19,
Cassie Kurt, Wisconsin
# 291:
8:14 pm PST, Feb 19,
Name not displayed, New York
# 290:
8:14 pm PST, Feb 19,
Renee Maciag, Ohio
# 289:
8:14 pm PST, Feb 19,
Richard Patenaude, California
# 288:
8:13 pm PST, Feb 19,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 287:
8:13 pm PST, Feb 19,
Lisa Chipkin, California
# 286:
8:13 pm PST, Feb 19,
Barry Maher, California
The Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act attempts to break the vicious cycle that disconnects these children from the help they need.
The Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act attempts to break the vicious cycle that disconnects these children from the help they need.
# 285:
8:13 pm PST, Feb 19,
Name not displayed, California
Children need love, shelter, food in their bellies and guidance to build a strong foundation so when they are adults out on their own, they are living, not surviving. No child should be outcasted like that!
Children need love, shelter, food in their bellies and guidance to build a strong foundation so when they are adults out on their own, they are living, not surviving. No child should be outcasted like that!
# 284:
8:13 pm PST, Feb 19,
Kathryn Sawyer, California
Young people need guidance and learn all the many possible routes they can take in their lives.
Young people need guidance and learn all the many possible routes they can take in their lives.
# 283:
8:12 pm PST, Feb 19,
Kimberly Bartell-Wray, Texas
# 282:
8:11 pm PST, Feb 19,
LORNA DAVIS, North Carolina
Foster children need to have good lives just like the ones that other children have. They need love and respect. They need hope. I would like to help then transition into healthy progressive adults.
Foster children need to have good lives just like the ones that other children have. They need love and respect. They need hope. I would like to help then transition into healthy progressive adults.
# 281:
8:11 pm PST, Feb 19,
Nelda Jones, Texas
# 280:
8:11 pm PST, Feb 19,
Mary Meshell, Mississippi
# 279:
8:11 pm PST, Feb 19,
Ingrid Albrecht, Illinois
# 278:
8:11 pm PST, Feb 19,
Ivy Little, New Mexico
# 277:
8:10 pm PST, Feb 19,
Norman Erickson, Iowa
# 276:
8:10 pm PST, Feb 19,
Carmen Santiago, Washington
We have to help this children and by doing so keep them on a good track of citizenship. Less crime and less homeless people.
We have to help this children and by doing so keep them on a good track of citizenship. Less crime and less homeless people.
# 275:
8:10 pm PST, Feb 19,
Adele Gunnarson, Texas
# 274:
8:09 pm PST, Feb 19,
Kelly Hughart, California
# 273:
8:09 pm PST, Feb 19,
Tracy S. Troth, Mississippi
# 272:
8:08 pm PST, Feb 19,
Wayne Hinkson-Carrington, California
# 271:
8:08 pm PST, Feb 19,
David W. Stanley, Illinois
# 270:
8:08 pm PST, Feb 19,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 269:
8:08 pm PST, Feb 19,
Cecelia Keech, California
# 268:
8:07 pm PST, Feb 19,
Bettina Lambert, California
Children cannot enter the adult world on their own. That's why they have parents. When the parents aren't there they need the help of others or they will fall into desperate poverty and/or crime.
Children cannot enter the adult world on their own. That's why they have parents. When the parents aren't there they need the help of others or they will fall into desperate poverty and/or crime.
# 267:
8:07 pm PST, Feb 19,
Robin Levin, Washington
Take care of our children. Aren't we all God's chidren? Are we such a blind or indifferent society that we can't help those who need our understanding to eliminate this horrific epidemic?
Take care of our children. Aren't we all God's chidren? Are we such a blind or indifferent society that we can't help those who need our understanding to eliminate this horrific epidemic?
# 266:
8:06 pm PST, Feb 19,
Matthew Baldassano Sr., New Jersey
# 265:
8:06 pm PST, Feb 19,
Esther Jones, California
Foster children need our help. What kind of society are we if we cannot take care of our own children!
Foster children need our help. What kind of society are we if we cannot take care of our own children!
# 264:
8:06 pm PST, Feb 19,
Margie Kellner, Massachusetts
These kids have already been let down by not having their parents parenting them. They deserve a break.
These kids have already been let down by not having their parents parenting them. They deserve a break.
# 263:
8:06 pm PST, Feb 19,
Tracy Hall, Indiana
# 262:
8:06 pm PST, Feb 19,
Dominique Arrieta, Tennessee
# 261:
8:06 pm PST, Feb 19,
Name not displayed, Michigan
More and direct government aid is needed for foster families actually related to children taken from abusive, neglectful, severly mentally ill or grossly neglectful &/or addicted parent(s). This kind of aid is also needed to help the parent or parents needing physical or mental health treatment, or alcohol or drug rehab, or even just a good job & help to get out of their own poverty cycle. Many relatives would like to but cannot afford to take care of children needing to go into foster care. Additionally, foster children need a lot of supervision in foster families to be sure they aren't being abused or neglected there too. We need government intervention & money for education and training for social-workers, educators, mentors, therapists and for these persons to help these families and kids to grow into healthy adults and to keep them safe. This requires government funds. We need programs to give them education, advanced job training, and even on the job training that help them get jobs to give them hope for a fulfilling life and a true chance to get out of the poverty, drug or prison cycle. Shame on us as a society if we do not find solutions to these problems for thousands in our land of plenty. The wealthy people of the land must remember: to whom much is given, much is expected. The robber baron mentality has to go.
More and direct government aid is needed for foster families actually related to children taken from abusive, neglectful, severly mentally ill or grossly neglectful &/or addicted parent(s). This kind of aid is also needed to help the parent or parents needing physical or mental health treatment, or alcohol or drug rehab, or even just a good job & help to get out of their own poverty cycle. Many relatives would like to but cannot afford to take care of children needing to go into foster care. Additionally, foster children need a lot of supervision in foster families to be sure they aren't being abused or neglected there too. We need government intervention & money for education and training for social-workers, educators, mentors, therapists and for these persons to help these families and kids to grow into healthy adults and to keep them safe. This requires government funds. We need programs to give them education, advanced job training, and even on the job training that help them get jobs to give them hope for a fulfilling life and a true chance to get out of the poverty, drug or prison cycle. Shame on us as a society if we do not find solutions to these problems for thousands in our land of plenty. The wealthy people of the land must remember: to whom much is given, much is expected. The robber baron mentality has to go.
# 260:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 19,
Janna Stephens, Oregon
# 259:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 19,
Miss R Hi, California
# 258:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 19,
Kaytie Irvine, California
# 257:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 19,
Julie Dalton, New Jersey
# 256:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 19,
Paula LeRoy-Antaki, California
Navigating society is difficult as it is, without the added confusion of losing parents and feeling like an outsider. Foster children need huge amounts of support, lets fund that instead of the jails confused youths might end up in.
Navigating society is difficult as it is, without the added confusion of losing parents and feeling like an outsider. Foster children need huge amounts of support, lets fund that instead of the jails confused youths might end up in.
# 255:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 19,
Marilyn Peppin, California
The Federal Child Welfare System needs all the resources needed to help these children. to
The Federal Child Welfare System needs all the resources needed to help these children. to
# 254:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 19,
Name not displayed, Florida
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&noah& please * 3 teach the prolife~all sentient beings ~lacto mammal~vegjaintariauon ashoka empire method harish ahimsa vishnu prthvwa radhikrishna dehinibalarama return the genisis chapter #1 garden of eden protection the resurvation buddhist method. bye bye &noah&
# 253:
8:04 pm PST, Feb 19,
Sara Keesling, Virginia
# 252:
8:02 pm PST, Feb 19,
Judith Anshin, California
# 251:
8:02 pm PST, Feb 19,
Rita Butler, Kentucky