foster children
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Bill to ease foster kids’ access to driver’s licenses passes Colorado House committee
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It’s one of the most treasured rites of passage in a teenager’s life, the day he or she gets that most coveted of adult documents: the driver’s license. But for children in Colorado’s foster care system, that rite of passage is more often than not denied. State House Bill 1023, which won unanimous approval from…
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Hickenlooper expects suit over school-choice language in bill for foster children
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed House Bill 1306, which is intended to allow foster children avoid being shuttled from one school to another. But he’s definitely not happy about it. The bill deals with the problems foster children experience with school when they move from one placement to another. Under current law, a…
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FEEDBACK: Fossils vs. renewables; Trump vs. media, and more
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Let’s cool down the heated energy debate For years now there has been a heated debate on energy in Colorado, with one side stating we need to rid our state of fossil fuels and the other stating we need to rid our state of renewable energy. Neither side has been willing to give an inch.…
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Foster children need more of us to open up our hearts and homes
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Coloradans have always come together to support each other when we need it most. It’s part of our heritage as a frontier, can-do state. And, we should support those families who need it most. The Colorado Department of Human Services estimates that the state will need 1,200 new foster families in the next two years…
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State foster care system needs more than 1,200 new foster families in next two years
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Colorado’s state foster care agency is on a drive to recruit more than 1,200 more foster parents in the next two years. The foster care system currently has about 2,000 foster families, but spokesperson Nourie Boraie of the Colorado Department of Human Services said only about 75 percent stay from year to year. The need…
