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Op-Ed: Connecticut’s DCF can do better for kids who ‘opt out’

by Lexie Gruber September 5, 2014 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:29 pm

Many young adults in Connecticut foster care decline to continue receiving services from a system they view as oppressive because they are desperate for freedom and family. The Department of Children and Families has better options than leaving them potentially homeless and unprepared for adult life.

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Op-Ed: Connecticut’s DCF can do better for kids who ‘opt out’

by Lexie Gruber September 5, 2014 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:45 pm

Many young adults in Connecticut foster care decline to continue receiving services from a system they view as oppressive because they are desperate for freedom and family. The Department of Children and Families has better options than leaving them potentially homeless and unprepared for adult life.

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Op-Ed: CHEER an important step… but Connecticut can do better

by Edie Joseph and Kenneth Feder July 3, 2014 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:24 pm

The Department of Children and Families’ new CHEER program is an important positive step toward improving outcomes for young people who would otherwise age out of the Connecticut foster care system. But the state can do better.

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Op-Ed: CHEER an important step… but Connecticut can do better

by Edie Joseph and Kenneth Feder July 3, 2014 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:48 pm

The Department of Children and Families’ new CHEER program is an important positive step toward improving outcomes for young people who would otherwise age out of the Connecticut foster care system. But the state can do better.

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