A disturbing report from the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law indicates that nearly all states routinely take federal benefits from children in the foster system and use those benefits to offset the cost of foster care.Like their counterparts who are not in the foster care system, some foster kids are entitled to receive federal money, including disability benefits associated with Social Security as well as survivor benefits associated with the Veterans'...
Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU) members vote on the union's priorities from April 25 to May 15, with proposals focused on pay raises, affordable housing and healthcare access.
NEW ORLEANS — Last summer, Derrika Richard felt stuck. She didn’t have enough money to afford child care for her three youngest children, ages 1, 2 and 3. Yet the demands of caring for them on a daily basis made it impossible for Richard, who cuts and styles hair from her home, to work. One […]
four area softball teams were in action Thursday, April 25.
Local lawn expert Skip Orth, owner of Father and Son Pest and Lawn Solutions, has published a book titled “What Every Home Owner on the Emerald Coast Needs to Know About Lawn Care,” which is a compilation of his many years of experience at solving lawn problems.
Pequot Lakes hosted event at Crosswoods Golf Course Monday, April 29.
Hundreds of runners will gather in Northampton Sunday morning for a fundraiser benefiting children in foster care.
An event is scheduled on April 30 to spotlight foster care needs in the Las Vegas valley.
Walmart had grand ambitions, back in 2019, to grow a network of cheaper primary care clinics attached to its ubiquitous stores. Those ambitions are now dead.
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah, April 28, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A South Salt Lake man who officials say climbed out a window of a care facility and left on foot has been found following a Silver Alert. Frank Edward Weinrauch, 71, is believed to have left about 6 a.m. Sunday, the alert said. Weinrauch has […] The post Update: South Salt Lake who left care facility found after Silver Alert first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Gov. Cooper proposes historic investments in public education, workforce, economic development and protecting natural resources while cutting taxes for working families
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It was near midnight just a couple days before Thanksgiving 2020 when 17-year-old Kayden Asher arrived at yet another temporary home during his yearslong tumble through Texas’ chaotic foster care system. His caseworker had given him just two hours to pack his bags before they drove into the night from a short-term shelter in South Texas to a nondescript building in...