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	<title>Texas Foster Family Association &#187; News</title>
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		<title>Your Opinion Is Needed&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Child Care Licensing division of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services wants your input to improve child care. We have just released a survey on weighted child care standards and it will take about 10 minutes to complete it.
The survey is open through Sunday August 1st and you are welcome to return [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Join TFFA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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TFFA is guided by a belief in the value of children&#8230;
The strength and importance of family&#8230;
The ability of foster/ foster-adoptive parents to help break the cycle of abuse and neglect.
If you are a foster parent, and your Agency is a member of TFFA, you will 
*be receiving our F.O.C.U.S. (our 3 times a year publication)
*get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2010/07/19/november-december-f-o-c-u-s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find Us On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TexasFosterFamilyAssociation

 
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		<title>How to Become A Foster Parent</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2010/07/19/how-to-become-a-foster-parent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the primary goals of TFFA is the recruitment of individual volunteers who desire to become certified as Foster Parents. Due to the recent dramatic increase in the number of adoptions involving Foster Families and the children in their care, many families are &#8220;adopting themselves out of foster care.&#8221; The foster care system of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference Sponsorships Are Available</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2010/07/05/conference-sponsorships-are-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conference Sponsorship Information
Contact Roy Block, TFFA Executive Director             Phone: 210-394-7933
director@tffa.org
Special Recognition Sponsorship Levels:
* Platinum $10,000 +
Benefits Include:
* 6 Ft. Professionally made Banner with your designated information to be displayed throughout our Conference
* Professionally made Sign placed at the Event of your Sponsorship
* Inclusion in our Conference Program as a Platinum Sponsor
* Full Page Ad in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Phoenix scholarships</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2010/06/23/university-of-phoenix-scholarships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word has come out on the University of Phoenix scholarships. NFPA has been given 50 scholarships to use for foster and former foster youth (of all ages!!!) as well as FOSTER PARENTS!!! We have to move quickly on this to make sure we meet the deadlines. We anticipate a lot of excitement over their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Unbelievable Education Opportunity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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An Unbelievable Education Opportunity for Foster children/past-Foster children/
AND Foster Parents.
First Chance Scholarship &#8211; University of Phoenix
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX  FIRST CHANCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Through a partnership between  the University of Phoenix and the National Foster Parent Association,  NFPA is providing 50 full tuition scholarships redeemable at any  University of Phoenix campus for youth in foster care, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertise In The FOCUS</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2010/06/14/advertise-in-the-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2010/06/14/advertise-in-the-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TFFA&#8217;s publication, the FOCUS, is mailed-out three times a year to it&#8217;s Membership.
To have an Ad in the TFFA FOCUS, send the Ad as an attachment to an Email (in pdf.) to editor@tffa.org or gram@itsallGods.com
This publication reaches almost 4,000 families, 3 times a year across Texas. Your Ad will run for one year (all three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shared Treasure Project</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2010/06/13/the-sharled-treasure-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2010/06/13/the-sharled-treasure-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check THIS site out TODAY Here
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		<title>Caring For Children Who Have Experienced Trauma</title>
		<link>http://www.tffa.org/2010/06/12/caring-for-children-who-have-experienced-trauma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tffa.org/2010/06/12/caring-for-children-who-have-experienced-trauma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This workshop is designed to provide resource parents with the knowledge and skills needed to effetively care for children and teens who have experienced trauma.
Participants will learn how traua-informed parenting can support children&#8217;s safety, permanency, and well-being, and engage in skill-building exercises that will help them apply this knowledge to the children in their care.
This [...]]]></description>
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