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	<description>Motivating, Educating and Supporting Foster /Adoptive Families in Texas</description>
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		<title>Helping Foster Youth with Scholarships for College</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2012/02/04/helping-foster-youth-with-scholarships-for-colleg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Student Foundation is accepting applications for scholarships to college for Fall 2012 -Spring 2013 Academic year. If you are/or know a young adult who has either aged-out already, or...]]></description>
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		<title>What has happened to Foster Care Redesign?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Foster Families Association Meeting Talking Points   What has happened to Foster Care Redesign?  We were told two SSCC&#8217;s would be announced on January 1, 2012. A RFP was...]]></description>
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		<title>2012 TFFA Fall Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2012/01/28/2012-tffa-fall-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us in San Antonio at the Omni Colonnade Hotel &#8216;Foster Parents Wear Many Hats&#8217; September 20-22, 2012 Make plans NOW to join with us. As Speakers/Sessions are finalized, they...]]></description>
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		<title>MAY is Foster Care Month</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2012/01/28/may-is-foster-care-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May is the month to acknowledge the tremendous work of Texas Foster Parents. Please let TFFA know if your area is planning an event to honor these heroes. &#160; All...]]></description>
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		<title>Our Partners</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2012/01/08/our-partners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TFFA values the Child Placing Agencies and Foster Parent Associations that partner with us to represent the families of Texas. If your Agency or Association is not listed below, then...]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2012/01/03/tax-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2003, families who adopted a child with special needs from foster care could claim a federal adoption tax credit even if they had no adoption expenses. Children who receive...]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/12/17/book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am contacted by Publishing Companies about books that are soon to be/ or have just been released to the public. They contact me if they think the topics are/or...]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Adoption Service</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/11/30/post-adoption-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a list of the Texas Post-Adoption Service Contractors and their contact information: click HERE]]></description>
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		<title>Recharge Your Own Batteries</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/11/18/recharge-your-own-batteries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2011/11/18/recharge-your-own-batteries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recharge Your Own Batteries Foster moms open up far more than your homes – you open up your hearts to the children who enter your lives. Being a foster mom...]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Pegs Texas as Leading the Industrialized World in Child Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/11/16/new-report-pegs-texas-as-leading-the-industrialized-world-in-child-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2011/11/16/new-report-pegs-texas-as-leading-the-industrialized-world-in-child-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new documentary by the BBC provides a sobering look at child abuse in the United States. &#8220;America&#8217;s Child Death Shame&#8221; highlights the escalating rates of abuse and in particular...]]></description>
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		<title>See our ByLaws / Policy &amp; Procedures</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/10/18/bylaws-policy-procedures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2011/10/18/bylaws-policy-procedures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TFFA is a nonprofit organization; our ByLaws and Policy &#38; Procedure is open for public review. If you have a comment on either, please contact our Parliamentarian  HERE Click HERE...]]></description>
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		<title>Are you being told all you need to know???</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/10/12/are-you-being-told-all-you-need-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2011/10/12/are-you-being-told-all-you-need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please see below policy regarding review of records of adoptive families.  The below reference gives the state law reference in Family Code and the rule in the Administrative Code. 6825...]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/10/11/legislative-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2011/10/11/legislative-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recap Presentation for Texas Foster Family Association &#160; &#160; Click on the link above to review the power point presentation given/presented at the TFFA Training Conference of the 89th Legislature...]]></description>
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		<title>DAY CARE News for Foster Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2011/08/27/day-care-news-for-the-self-employeed-foster-parent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2011/08/27/day-care-news-for-the-self-employeed-foster-parent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The letter is for all foster parents who get day care for a foster child, not just those who are self employed. Those who are self-employed will need to complete...]]></description>
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		<title>Bold Steps for Students Experiencing Foster Care</title>
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		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2011/08/27/bold-steps-for-students-experiencing-foster-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bold Steps for Students Experiencing Foster Care I wanted to share the attached letter from Michael Yudin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Dept. of Education and Bryan...]]></description>
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