Preserving Federal Benefits of Foster Children & Youth

How does your state rank in the way it secures, uses, and saves the federal benefits of its foster children? Find out whether your state is a model of pro-child action, on its way toward ending the practice, or hasn't yet stepped up to adopt reform.

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