In the News ... "Forum address Texas’ foster care shortage and hope for help from faith-based community"

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•Lubbock County averages about 300-plus children in foster care per year

By Lucinda Holt, Reporter
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - Paola Villa-Alvirena told her personal tale of life in foster care to a crowd at the Foster Care Leadership Forum at Southcrest Baptist Church on Tuesday that heard about Texas’ foster care shortage — particularly West Texas — and what a faith-based community can do to help ...

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