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NEWS ABOUT: foster homes

foster homes stories: 7 news summaries

 Teen Pregnancy 
 Rampant in 
 Foster Homes 




Nearly half of foster-care girls get knocked up by 19

Jul 22, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teen pregnancy is on the rise throughout the country, but in the foster-care system it’s a full-blown epidemic, Time reports. Nearly half of girls who spent time in the system become pregnant before turning 19, according to one University of Chicago study, and almost 25% had been pregnant... More »

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sex education • teen pregnancy • foster homes • foster care

Cops Seek Missing Aunt
of Chained Boy

Suspect lost custody of Calif. teen after felony child abuse charges

Dec 3, 08 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Police are hunting for the aunt of a boy who burst into a California health club shackled, bloodied, and pleading for help, the Sacramento Bee reports. Caren Ramirez is already wanted for a probation violation on felony child abuse charges, and neighbors say she’s recently visited the home of... More »

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California • torture • Sacramento • child abuse • captivity • missing child • foster homes

Couple Held After Tortured Boy Flees

Missing teen runs
into Calif. gym
chained, bruised

Dec 2, 08 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - A California couple was arrested yesterday, the San Jose Mercury News reports, after a teen they’re accused of kidnapping stumbled into a gym, bloodied and burned, and asked employees to hide him. The 16-year-old also said he’d been tortured; police say he went missing from a Sacramento foster... More »

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California • torture • Sacramento • missing child • foster homes

'Killer' Mom Stored Kids' Bodies in Freezer

Cops led to gruesome find by abused runaway

Sep 30, 08 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Maryland woman is being held without bail after admitting she stored the corpses of her adopted 9- and-11-year old daughters in a basement freezer, WBAL TV reports. Police came to her house after a third daughter was found wandering the streets, covered in cuts and bruises. The woman has... More »

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Maryland • child abuse • foster homes • physical abuse

Foreign Adoption
Getting Harder

Could be boon
for thousands in
US foster care

Aug 14, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heightened awareness of child trafficking and improving economies abroad are making it harder for Americans to adopt foreign kids. US officials are taking a closer look at visa applications and discouraging adoptions from countries that don’t comply with a new international adoption agreement, USA Today reports. At the same... More »

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China • Russia • Africa • adoption • South Korea • Ethiopia • Liberia • human trafficking • foreign adoptions • foster homes

Dad Caged Daughters While He Worked

Girls, 2 and 5, found locked in wire cage
in father's truck

Jul 4, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Illinois father has confessed to keeping his two young daughters locked in a cage in his truck while he worked, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trash and scrap-metal collector told police that he kept the girls, ages 2 and 5, locked up because he couldn't find a babysitter—and... More »

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Chicago • child abuse • social services • child neglect • foster homes

Half of Sect's Teens Have Been Pregnant

Last of kids involved in polygamist case bused to foster homes 

Apr 28, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Of 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 taken from a polygamist sect in Texas, 31 have had children or are pregnant, the Houston Chronicle reports. Officials announced that the last of the 463 minors taken from the El Dorado ranch had been bused to foster homes after... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • domestic abuse • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • foster homes

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