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Media Coverage on the Governor’s Proposal to Eliminate THP-Plus

3-15-10: Another voice - Don't put our kids on the streets
Ukiah Daily Journal (CA)
Mary Kavanaugh is the THP-Plus case manager ar Redwood Children's Services in Ukiah

3-14-10: Fighting to Save Transition Program
By Daniel Heimpel, LA Daily News

3-10-10: Foster youth worried about program cuts
Ukiah Daily Journal (CA)

3-10-10: Yolo County relieves foster youth's transition to independence: Budget crisis may hurt housing program
By Samantha Bosio, The Aggie

3-8-10: Interview on The Way Forward
KPFK Los Angeles

3-7-10: On Their Own at 18: Transitional Housing for Foster Youth on Chopping Block
Santa Barbara Independent (CA)

3-4-2010: Housing program for former foster youth is critical lifeline
Reed Connell is the executive director of the Alameda County Foster Youth Alliance

3-2-2010: A Minus for the Plus Program?
By Amy Asman, Reporter, Santa Maria Sun

3-2-2010: California’s Foster Care Program at-risk Due to Budget Cuts
ABC News, KFSN-TV Fresno, CA

3-2-2010: Foster Care Programs in California at-risk due to Budget Cuts
ABC News, KGO-TV San Francisco, CA

3-2-2010: Cuts loom for grown-foster-kids housing program
ABC News KABC-TV Los Angeles, CA

3-2-2010: Closing the state's multibillion-dollar budget gap could leave Yolo County's foster kids alone and without help as they step into adulthood
The Davis Enterprise, CA

3-1-2010: Cuts Likely At Transitional Homes For Foster Kids

2-27-2010: Luis Madrid: The Governor vs. Foster Kids -
Merced Sun-Star
Luis Madrid is the THP-Plus Program Manager for AspiraNet in Merced

2-26-2010: Foster Youth need our support
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Jim Roberts is the executive director of the Family Care Network

2-22-2010: The Power of The Powerless
HuffPO

2-18-2010: Those who have the least get the least
Ventura County Reporter

1-29-2010: Ex-Foster Child Hopes to keep Program Alive
10 News San Diego

1-12-2010: Press Release from John Burton Foundation


Media Coverage on the Governor’s $120 Million Reduction to Child Welfare Services

Letter to the Editor: Foster Care Cuts

Yolo County urges governor to restore $124 million to child welfare services

Welfare workers in Monterey County protest state cuts to kids' programs

John Burton: Governor’s cuts to child services run deep

Cheating Children

Young People at Risk

Local child advocates struggle as demand for services rises and budgets plummet

Letters to the Editor: Cuts Compromise Child Welfare; Blame Governor for CPS Cuts

199 Jobs In Jeopardy at Sacramento County CPS

Caseloads for social workers called too high in Los Angeles County

Extending foster care would pay big dividends

THP-Plus Statewide Implementation Project John Burton Foundation
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