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    Jan 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. DCFS crowding overburdens children's shelter

    After being beaten with a pan and left in the dark for hours bound to a pole, the 11-year-old girl escaped from her abusive home through a basement window and walked barefoot six blocks to the La Grange police station one summer night in 2011.
    After being beaten with a pan and left in the dark for hours bound to a pole, the 11-year-old girl escaped from her abusive home through a basement window and walked barefoot six blocks to the La Grange police station one summer night in 2011. "She...

    Tags: Medical Specialization, Conservation, Health Treatments, Newspaper and Magazine, Bipolar Disorder

    2. Dec 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Authorities seek solutions for K-8 absenteeism in Chicago schools

    As authorities move to address K-8 absenteeism and truancy in Chicago schools, where tens of thousands of elementary students miss a month or more of school each year, they may not have to look far for workable strategies.
    As authorities move to address K-8 absenteeism and truancy in Chicago schools, where tens of thousands of elementary students miss a month or more of school each year, they may not have to look far for workable strategies. Government agencies and...

    Tags: Justice System, Conservation, University of Chicago, Students, Separation of Church and State

    3. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Dorothy DeBolt dies at 89; adoption advocate raised 20 children

    It was a story Dorothy Atwood DeBolt enjoyed telling, one that any harried parent of young children might find somewhat familiar.
    It was a story Dorothy Atwood DeBolt enjoyed telling, one that any harried parent of young children might find somewhat familiar. The phone rang one day as the busy mother raced around her home, getting ready for an out-of-town trip and wrapping up...

    Tags: Polio, Human Interest, Korean War (1950-1953), Movies, Family

    4. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Florabel Kinsler dies at 83; social worker aided Holocaust survivors

    After World War II, social workers typically urged Holocaust survivors to forget their horrific wartime experiences and get on with their lives.
    After World War II, social workers typically urged Holocaust survivors to forget their horrific wartime experiences and get on with their lives. That struck Florabel Kinsler as a foolish and impossible order. During a decades-long career, the Los...

    Tags: Medical Specialization, Human Interest, Philosophy, Judaism, Colleges and Universities

    5. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  5. El Centro sets draft CDBG allocation

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    A draft one-year plan to allocate thousands of dollars in federal funding for various supportive services to residents was approved Tuesday by the El Centro City Council. The draft plan describing how Community Development Block Grant funding is...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Social Issues

    6. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Fixing Oliver

    There's no magic bullet that will suddenly solve all the problems in a community like Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood, not even the small army of city officials who descended on the East Baltimore community this week. But the effort is still worth it if it gives city police and social service workers a better understanding of the issues that put residents at risk and allows them to come up with better strategies to help other struggling neighborhoods.
    There's no magic bullet that will suddenly solve all the problems in a community like Baltimore's Oliver neighborhood, not even the small army of city officials who descended on the East Baltimore community this week. But the effort is still worth it if...

    Tags: Government, High Blood Pressure, Healthy Diet, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Health and Safety at Work

    7. Mar 15, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  7. 'With Charity for All' looks beyond the glossy appeals

    Americans just love feeling philanthropic. In any debate over cutting tax breaks in the income tax system, the deduction for charitable donations is always held sacred — even more than that other sacred cow, the mortgage deduction.
    Americans just love feeling philanthropic. In any debate over cutting tax breaks in the income tax system, the deduction for charitable donations is always held sacred — even more than that other sacred cow, the mortgage deduction. It's a rare...

    Tags: Charity, NPR, Karl Rove, U.S. Department of Defense, Elections

    8. Feb 24, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  8. Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services

    Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them.
    Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...

    Tags: Head Start, Unemployment, Corporate Officers, Chicago Housing Authority, Defense

    9. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Naperville considers ways to use surplus

    Naperville may start to use its growing food and beverage tax revenue to not only fund cultural grants, but also social services and pension debt.
    Naperville may start to use its growing food and beverage tax revenue to not only fund cultural grants, but also social services and pension debt. The move, which City Council gave informal approval to Monday, could help save the city $65 million in...

    Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Interior Policy, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance

    10. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| KWCH

  10. Wichita Open becomes Air Capital Classic

    Professional golf is staying in Wichita, but it has a new name.
    KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports
    Professional golf is staying in Wichita, but it has a new name. The Wichita Open will now be called the Air Capital Classic and will run from June 13-16 on the web.com Tour, formerly the Nationwide Tour. Tournament director Roy Turner made the...

    Tags: Charity, Business, Web.com Incorporated, Golf, Sports

    11. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. District 303 summit to tackle mental health as school security topic

    The St. Charles community will soon begin discussions surrounding mental health – something social service leaders the say is a unique and necessary step.
    The St. Charles community will soon begin discussions surrounding mental health – something social service leaders the say is a unique and necessary step. After the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., District 303...

    Tags: Mental Illness, Family, Health and Safety at School, Mental Health, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

    12. Mar 6, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  12. Home care aides not getting paid

    Many people in Pauline Konrath's situation live in a nursing home. At 85, she has dementia and Parkinson's disease and uses a wheelchair. But she doesn't live in a nursing home because her son, Joe, moved her in with his family. It's not an easy...

    Tags: Employees, Medical Specialization, Homelessness, Accounting and Auditing, Eugene DePasquale

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K-9 comfort dogs Chewie (left), Ruthie and Luther, as v...
(December 16, 2012)
K-9 comfort dogs Chewie (left), Ruthie and Luther, as volunteers from Lutheran Church Charities set out for Connecticut on Saturday. Lutheran Church Charities photo
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(November 8, 2012)
Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida
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(September 20, 2012)
Jessica L. Novak, licensed clinical social worker, Dreyer Medical Clinic
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