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State Legislature Helps Children In Foster Care: CASA's Lori Cope

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Lori Cope, the director of CASA, the Court-Appointed Special Advocates of Hunt County, says the action of the state legislaturein approving an additional $500 million for Child Protective Serviceswill be very helpful to CPS and the children in foster care.  Lori says its part of a plan for more "community-based" care of foster children, in which an effort is made to keep them close to home.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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