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Former Rep. Bill Foster will seek return to Congress in 2012
May 28, 2011
Gov. Brown signs 10 bills to help homeless and foster youths
Oct. 2, 2013
Legislature: Leading Democrats are working on 13 bills to help child welfare agencies and make them more accountable.
April 18, 2001
Saying that “a society is judged by how well we treat our most helpless,” Gov.
Sept. 23, 2006
The House overwhelmingly approved an aid package Friday aimed at helping older children in foster care make a smoother transition to adulthood and self-support.
June 26, 1999
California
Family: Man called authorities after troubled son told of entombing girl’s body in concrete.
June 29, 2000
Opinion
Counties form the front lines of child protection in California, but it is Congress that provides much of the funding and the rules for spending it, so legislation shaped in Washington has an outsize impact on children and families here — for good or for ill.
Sept. 10, 2016
Politi-Cal
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Sept. 28, 2012
To the editor: The Family First Prevention Services Act, which passed the U.S.
Sept. 23, 2016
The analyst ordered to withhold higher cost estimates from Congress says he wanted to resign.
March 25, 2004