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Andrea Sears Public News Service HARTFORD, Conn. – Positive interactions with the child-welfare system can be particularly critical for adolescents, according to a recent report. Discussions of foster care and interventions by social services often focus on younger children. But the report from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Almost 250 California businesses and children’s groups have sent a joint letter to the state’s members of Congress, urging them to pass the Dream Act, which would give certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children a work permit and...
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At Event in San Jose, County’s Clergy Urge Congress to Pass Legislation to Protect “Dreamers” Catholic Charities of San Jose/ El Observador SAN JOSE, CA – On Thursday December 14th Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County and the Diocese of San Jose, along with Santa Clara University, community leaders...
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released the following statement upon news of the death of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Tuesday December 11th, 2017. “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of...
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Mark Richardson Public News Service Texas – A new study on gun culture finds that a small, but influential group of Americans sees guns not as a problem, but as a way to solve a problem. The report, published in the journal Social Problems, analyzed gun owners in Texas and...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The people who run many of California’s counties are speaking out against the tax bill that just cleared the Senate vote. They say they’re worried it will eliminate important deductions and force local governments to cut services or raise taxes or...
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Reaching Out SAN JOSE, CA—The Reaching Out Food Center at the Cathedral of Faith will hold their annual ‘Celebration of Love’ Friday, December 22 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Over 2,500 grocery carts full of food will be distributed that day. During the entire month of December, 5,000...
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Fantasy of Lights is a spectacular 1.5-mile drive-through extravaganza of Holiday Lights and Displays for the entire family. First presented in 1999, Fantasy of Lights is now in its 19th year and has become a cherished Holiday tradition. It is bigger, better and brighter than ever before thanks to...
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