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The "Baby Moses Law"

by Fatherofeight

28 Feb 2007 01:43 PM

There are a number of newborn or very young babies abandoned every year. Too often, they are left somewhere that they cannot survive for a long enough time to be found. In 1999, the Texas legislature passed a "Baby Moses Law".

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Proposed Foster Care Reform in Texas

by Fatherofeight

21 Feb 2007 11:39 PM

A Texas legislator, who authored the bills passed two years ago to reform the foster care system in the state, says that not enough progress has been made. Those bills authorized increased spending to hire more investigators for child abuse cases.

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Foster Care Reform

by Fatherofeight

02 Feb 2007 02:41 PM

The Texas legislature has apparently become very concerned with recent revelations in regard to huge deficiencies in the state's ability to oversee foster homes and child care facilities.

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Educational Crisis in Texas

by Fatherofeight

28 Jan 2007 05:02 PM

In my two previous blogs, I wrote about disadvantaged children that my wife and I had worked with in Houston. One of the really sad aspects of their lives is the fact that the majority of them will not graduate from high school. Our adopted children would have grown up in similar circumstances.

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CHIP, Many Children's Only Health Coverage Option

by Fatherofeight

13 Jan 2007 04:09 PM

The Children's Health Insurance Program, better know as CHIP, is funded by the federal government and administered by the states. The program was originally funded for a ten year period which is about to expire.

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