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In the Next 30 days...
Foster Parent Information Meeting -
Scheduled as Needed
Have all your questions answered and learn how to begin the
process of becoming a certified foster family. Call to
RSVP
Change a Childs Forever June 18-19:
Randy will be speaking to foster care leaders in Oklahoma State.
Resume Building and Interviewing for Emancipated Youth,6/24
at 4:00 pm and 6/25 at 10:00: THP training at
the Dream Center - with Ashley Meyer. Call Jonah for more
information at 661-326-8304
Mentor Training
June 28, 4:00 - 7:00pm Parkside Church Lecture Hall:
2515 Church Street 93306 on everything from how to build a rapport with your
mentee to how to maneuver them through life's most difficult
challenges. For more information or to schedule your
training call John 661-304-1210
CARENET Donations: we
are collecting gently used furniture including beds, dressers,
dining tables, chairs, refrigerators, etc. for families who are
in the process of reuniting with their children. Contact
Kevin for more information
Royal Family
Kids' Camp- Celebrating 15 years of serving
foster kids in Kern County. June 8-12 in Frazier Park.
For information on any of the
events listed above please contact our office at 661/326-8304
Covenant News - Last Updated 3/25/09
Covenant
Receives THP+ Contract
CARENET
Drop Off Day - April 18th
Covenant Family Adopts
United Way Grants Covenant CARENET $10,000
Immediate Need for Volunteer Mentors
Covenant Community Services Receives $5000 Grant
Local
Foster Care News
- Last Updated 6/5/09
Bakersfield Now - Jun
4, 2009
After the baby died, she told Eyewitness News the child
had been placed in foster care at birth after
drugs were found in his system. ...
It took a village, a grandma — and San
Joaquin Bank — to raise this former foster kid
Bakersfield Californian - March
2009
It took the equivalent of a village to raise former
foster youth Valerie Brown, teach her job and life skills and
help her land a career where she is surrounded...
Get Political: Congressional Foster Youth
Internship Program
Examiner - March 2009
If you know a former foster child - now attending
college - who has an interest in politics, let them know about
the Congressional Foster Youth Internship (FYI) Program...
Fixing Foster Care in California
LA Times - March 2009
An Assembly bill would help put new federal
policies and money to work for the state's kids...
National Foster
Care, Family & Emancipated Youth News
Ex-foster child still looks out for kids
in need
The Mercury News - June 2009
Charmaine Jacques knows what it is
like to not have the comforts of her own home and the family she
was born with...
Statistics bleak for children in foster care
The
Daily Journal - June 27, 2009
As of June
30, 2008, there were more than 700 cases of abused and neglected
children living in foster care in Cumberland, Gloucester
and Salem counties...
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Bias Alleged in State Foster
Care
The Detroit News
A new study of racial disparities in the state
foster care system found deep-seated bias among case
workers and key policy makers has led to a
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Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Offers Free
Foster Care ...
MarketWatch - USA
To help adoption agencies, civic and faith-based
groups, corporations, educators and others generate
awareness, a new 2008 Foster Care Adoption
Awareness ...
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Rescue mission Shelter provides foster care
for dogs
Waukegan News Sun - Waukegan,IL,USA
Castaway has three foster homes in place, and
Babik said they are in the process of lining up more
fosters, but are still looking for families willing
to ...
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Arkansas in dire need of foster parents
KSLA-TV
- Shreveport,LA,USA
... of Human Services says there are alot of
misconceptions about foster parenting that
keeps people from becoming involved in the foster
care program. ...
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The real reason we foster
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The society serves more than 25000 children a year
and roughly one in 10 will come into care. At
present, there are more than 1050 foster
parents who are ...
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State hopes to find more homes for children in
foster care
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
In 2008, 5000 children were in the foster care
system in Nevada and just 365 found forever homes.
November is National Adoption Awareness Month,
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Our
Services
Foster
Care Services
Faith-Based
Community Services
The
Jeremiah Mentoring Project
CARENET
Family Preservation Services
Family
Support Services
Consulting
Service
Covenant Vision
We envision
a future where every foster child lives in emotional, physical,
relational and spiritual wholeness thereby ending the cycle of
abuse and neglect in our community.
Our
Mission
Providing hope and love to
abused and neglected children
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Randy Martin, CEO and Jim Towey, White House Deputy Assistant to
the President and Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives at an event in Washington D.C.
Randy Martin, CEO and Senator Rick Santorum at a Faith-Based
Conference with We Care America.
Randy Martin and Wade
Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy and Mayor Harvey Hall presenting
proclamations to Randy and Kim Martin, the founders of Covenant
Community Services and Directors of RFKC.
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