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A win for her community: NM child welfare advocate wins national award
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJan. 30—When asked at age 10 what she wanted to be when she grew up, Veronica Krupnick said she wanted to work at Sonic. "I wanted to use the rollerblades," she said. "That was my biggest dream ...
Native families welcome children home, but 'long road' not over for others
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTEMECULA, Calif. — Cash Rocha is 7, going on 8. He started second grade this fall along with his two...
Native News Weekly (May 7, 2023): D.C. Briefs
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts...
Who gets to adopt Native children?
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThis story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico. There once was a girl who lived in Corrales and loved collecting butterflies. She would...
Tri-City Herald death notices March 11, 2024
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDouglas M. Swartz Douglas Matt Swartz, 86, of Kennewick, died March 9 in Kennewick. He was born in Howe, Okla., and lived in the Tri-Cities for 78 years. He was retired from the institutional ...
Death of 3-year-old toddler in Edgecomb ruled a homicide
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 28—The death of a 3-year-old girl in Edgecomb on Christmas morning has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. The girl has been identified as Makinzlee Handrahan, Shannon Moss ...
U.S. Supreme Court to decide fate of native foster children
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRobin Little Wing Sigo has raised her eldest daughter, Kylie, on the Port Madison Indian Reservation...
Maine's child protection system failed to recognize risks to children, report says
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 4—The state's child welfare system continues to fall short of its duty to protect children, the Maine Child Welfare Services Ombudsman said in its annual report released Wednesday. The ...
Native advocate hopes to change transform state's child welfare record
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 10—Veronica Krupnick can almost point to the day her life changed forever. She was 10, a few weeks from the end of fourth grade and about to be adopted by her latest foster parents. In ...
Top CT Department of Children and Families official stepping down. Gov. Ned Lamont nominates...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 5 months agoConnecticut Department of Children and Families Commissioner Vannessa Dorantes is leaving her role at the department, Gov. Ned Lamont announced during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon ...
