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Legislative group meets Dec. 12 to examine foster care, child welfare system reforms

By Nancy Badertscher
Dec 2, 2013

The next meeting of the Lieutenant Governor’s Foster Care Reform Initiative Working Group will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 12 in Room 307 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building. This group is looking at ways to improve the state’s foster care and child welfare systems.

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