The Children First mission:
Improve the lives of Michigan's children, from newborn through high-school ages. |
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Friday, August 5, 2005
Kids scrap-happy over craft vehicle
Ideas flew around Campus Martius like superheroes Thursday, as children stopped by the Arts & Scraps ScrapMobile to get their creative juices flowing.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
State's kids feeling effects of the economy
Michigan had about 108,000 children living in homes with no working parents in 2003 -- a figure that skyrocketed by 33,000 from 2000.
"It's one of the biggest increases in the country," said Bill O'Hare, author of the KIDS Count Data Book, released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The data also show a 14-percent increase in the number of Michigan children living in poverty.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Adoption hearing closed to public
A Wayne County Family Court Judge abruptly -- and possibly illegally -- closed a hearing Monday to determine whether 6-year-old Devin Alexander should be adopted by his foster family or his biological family.
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