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    wondering “why me?”‚ “what did i ever do to get myself here?” Well‚ the kids in foster care have. They never know what type of home they’ll be put into‚ who will live there‚ but one thing for sure is that the feeling of emptiness never goes away. They are basically living their whole life in rejection and we get upset when the person we like rejects us. There are dozens of crimes that can happen to a child in foster care. The government needs to be more careful on who gets the kid and makes sure to

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    most people this is something you struggle with at least once in your lifetime. Many of us have a support system that is there to pick us up when we are feeling down and remind us that we will accomplish great things and that we are great people. Foster children are told time and time again that they do not have voice; they are going to be nobodies when they grow up; that they do not matter. While many of us are told these things too‚ they do not always have someone to remind them that these statements

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    left out in a foster home‚ his mother swore to come back for him. But to Jennings dismay‚ he had to get used to being in foster homes for a while. He couldn’t have thought of being there and he couldn’t have thought that love only meant being alone‚ but his 8-year old mind didn’t know that. He didn’t know that he was going to jump from foster home to foster home. He didn’t know he would stay there until he concluded what love was to him on his own. Jennings Michael Burch was in the foster homes because

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    that shit off." I heard James Kennedy‚ my foster father‚ yell. I quickly stopped my alarm and got up to walk downstairs. While walking down the stairs i slipped and fell straight on my ass bone. "Why can’t you even walk down the stairs correctly." My foster father muttered while walking to the kitchen. I finally gathered myself together and walked into the kitchen. My foster father sat at the table reading the newspaper. "Look at this mexican f*g." My foster father said pointing to a photo of a man

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    Provide a brief description of the individual. Ellen Foster is a ten-year-old‚ Caucasian‚ female who experiences a series of traumatic events during her childhood. These traumatic events include her witnessing domestic violence in the home‚ her mother’s suicide and subsequent physical‚ sexual and psychological abuse by her alcoholic father‚ her maternal grandmother and other relatives (aunts and cousins on the mother’s side). Ellen shuttled from home to home‚ staying for a short time at the home

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    and care for their children‚ but they must show their children love and care. When parents can’t care for their children or think the environment that they are planning to provide isn’t good rough‚ they look towards putting their children in foster care. In the book The Glass Castle‚ by Jeannette Walls‚ the parents of four children‚ put their lives before their children’s. Instead of working to provide food on the table for their children and‚ providing

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    other relatives‚ homeless‚ or into the foster care system which is temporary placement for a minor to be given care by a certified caregiver of the state also known as a foster parent. According to Child Welfare Information Gateway‚ more than 250‚000 children enter the foster care system every year and 60% of these children cannot return home. Since these child are entering different homes where someone who is not their own parent is supposed to be taking care of them‚ the child tend to have behavioral

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    American Constitution Violations of Foster Children Rights and Benefits Mr. Jackson-Ybarra April 4‚ 2011 Abstract Problems with the foster care seem to be across the board. But what it comes down to is what rights are being violated and what benefits are these children being left without. Problems with the foster care seem to be across the board. Here are a few examples to make the point. In Louisiana‚ 21% of abuse cases come from children in foster homes. Also in Louisiana‚ after extensive

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    RFP Response to Baltimore City PROJECT EEVE Education‚ Employment training‚ Vocational skills development‚ and Entrepreneurship training Targeting Population: 120 Baltimore City foster youth ages 16-24 Program Cost: $993‚630 two-year total program budget Contact Information Daniel Williams 10 May 2012 I. JUSTIFICATION OF NEED Statement of Policy Problem Youth are often thought of as separate members of society (Roberts‚ 2004). The

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    or become foster parents and how to handle those challenges. In our reading this week‚ I discovered some reason why parents want to adopt or become foster parents. One of such reasons is that of infertility‚ this is one of the major reasons because it affects both men and women. Male for example may have problem with sperm production or the woman may have problem with fertility as the case may be‚ the couple can decide to go for adoption or to become a foster parent. I found that foster and adopted

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