In the News ... "Abell-Hanger Foundation grant supports Buckner foster care program"

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• Including recruitment and training for families, and care for children in the foster care system

By Megan Lea Buck, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - A matching grant from the Abell-Hanger Foundation will double donations made to Buckner Children and Family Services this year. The foundation awarded Buckner a dollar-for-dollar matching grant up to $50,000 to support the nonprofit’s foster care program.

More than 1,000 children in the Permian Basin were in the foster care system in 2014 after being removed from their homes, according to Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. And a lack of foster families means many of those children are placed with families outside of the Permian Basin ...

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