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Living Foster Children: Annotated Bibliography

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I did most of my research online. My first piece of information came from a website based on Children 's Rights. This site gave me information about average ages in foster care, institutions, and group homes. This sight was very informal about the types of living foster kids can go through. The next site I visited was about What Foster Care is. This website gave me information about what foster care is, types of adoption, and who can adopt. This information was current, up to date, and the website was very organized with the many categories they had. After that I went to a site about Every Time Kids Move, They Lose Months of Academic Progress. This website was informal about the amount of education students lose just by foster kids

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