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has 123 children in foster care during April, 2015 to March, 1015. The Division of Family and Children Services is the part of Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS). Division of Family and Child Services investigates child abuse; finds foster homes for abused and neglected children; helps low income, out-of-work parents get assistance; assists with childcare costs for low income parents who are working or in job training; and provides many support services and programs to help families…

equipment. The career of a nurse requires dealing with a lot of people. They have to treat the patient and their family with kindness. The career of a registered nurse can be done at a hospital, nursing or residential care facility, physician’s office, or home health care service. While working as a nurse, there is a lot of physical activity involved like walking, standing, and lifting. Nurses are required to wear scrubs, and non-slip shoes. Working in this setting can cause their clothing to…

mother, Brigitte Santos. Brigitte is a home health care nurse that has worked all of her life to get to where she is today. Brigitte is the most hardworking, over achieving, caring and responsible person I know. Brigitte has raised 2 kids all the while working hard and going to school. I personally have seen my mother start from the bottom and work her way up to be an extremely successful woman. She has worked her way up for a CNA, to an RN, to a SANE worker and Home Health care nurse. My mom…

Lanigan, I also was given the opportunity to job shadow at J&J Spratt Funeral Home in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. Spratt’s is a well-respected institution and I was fortunate to receive the opportunity to work alongside the great people there. During my time there I was able to take part in all aspects of the funeral process.…

parents did not like the things that he was doing. His parents sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School, he went there for 12 years. Learned a lot and he really did mesure. Babe Ruth was significant for his career, before baseball, during baseball and the impact he had on baseball George Herman Ruth Jr was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore he was one of many children that his parents had, he skipped school,…

family, friends, possibly out of the school you were attending, and everything you have ever known? Imagine leaving behind everything that was important to you, like the security of your family, your favorite blanket, or even your favorite stuffed animal that provided you comfort when times were tough. I know what this is like firsthand. Then think about being put into a home with a set of strangers who are now acting as your parents. This home is called a foster home and is part of the foster…

graduated from high school, and is temporarily living with them. Sylvester’s mom tended the house while he was at school. His father was a German Gestapo. One day his father alerted the family that they were moving to Buchenwald, Germany. The entire family, including Sylvester’s father, was not happy about the sudden change. They were expected to move in three days. Sylvester was very upset because he was about to leave his best friends behind. As the family was driving to their new home,…

graduating high school, and little stability, emotional support or general 'life training ', foster children in Canada often fall into poverty when no longer supported by the system. Required to leave their foster homes at 18, most of these children have no clue how to pay bills, pay taxes, and upkeep a job and school at the same time, let alone cook for themselves (OACAS, 2012). Although Persaud and Norrington (2009) note they are given a monthly allowance if they stay in school, this…

Bottom of the ninth. Two outs, nobody on. Lucas Giles, senior superstar at Richmond High School, peered into his catcher and took the sign to throw his dominating two strike curveball, buried in the dirt. The opposing batter took a big hack but came up three feet short. The Lions piled out of the dugout and rushed to the mound to celebrate a feat they hadn’t accomplished in nearly two decades, winning the New York state championship. Growing up in the Queens, Lucas was born into a life of…

ripped it! He ripped it! It’s all the way to the wall! This guy’s coming home! Jordan’s at second! Stop Jordan! Yeah!” My grandpa blared into his phone speaker. On a warm day in the Summer of 2014, I geared up to play in my last baseball game ever. My high school baseball team had squeaked into its first playoff appearance in five years and we were set to play as the underdogs in the CIF playoffs against Ventura High School. After a hard fought game, we reached the top of the last inning and…