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in dialogue with one anotherabout matters that concern them deeply”  \n# CONCERN\n\nMagazine/Newsfold is published monthly  \nexcept February and October when published  \ntwice monthly at 475 Riverside Dr.,New York,NY,  \nby United Presbyterian Women,  \nUnited Presbyterian Church,USA.  \nSecond-class postage paid at New York,  \nN.Y.and at additional mailing offices.  \nPostmaster:Send form 3579 to address below.  \nA subscription to CONCERN Magazine/Newsfold  \nincludes four issues in magazine format;ten  \nin newsfold format.Subscription:1 year,$5.  \nPayment must accompany order.Allow six to eight weeks  \nfor new subscription or change of address  \nto become effective.  \nEditors:Sarah Cunningham,  \nAnn Yeargin,Nadine Hundertmark  \nArt and Design:Paul Nonnast  \nSubscription Manager:Agnes Fitch  \nSecond-Class Postage  \nPAID AT  \nNew York,NY  \nand at Additional  \nMailing Offices  \nAddress all subscription and  \neditorial correspondence to:  \nCONCERN,Room 454,  \n475 Riverside Drive,  \nNew York,NY 10027.  \nFC  \nZEECX  !V !!C3CE!L  \n300 N ZEEP D  \nA1IN A7BCa!:  46105  \n91.25  \nOregonEcumenical  \nMinistries Committeeon Foster Care (Il to r):Lewis Currie,Ethel Lutton,Dennis Gilman,Muriel Goldman.  \n# A Committee on Foster CareInvolves the Women of Portland\n\nIt began at a breakfast meeting.A socialconcerns committee of the Portland,Oregon,Council of Churches was listening to Chap-lain Grant Cooney of the Juvenile Home tellof the need for foster homes for children.  \n\"Why can't parents take care of their ownchildren?”one person asked.  \nSome are incapable;some will not;andsome are not permitted to do so.There are asmany different reasons as there are chil-dren—alcoholism,drugs,emotional tension;physical,emotional or sexual abuse in thehome;homes broken by death,desertion ordivorce;sometimes imprisonment or hospi-talization of the only parent;or sometimes,ashappened in Oregon,a single,hardworkingparent must leave teenagers on their own fortoo many hours each day,and since the statehas no money for a paid homemaker,fostercare is a “cheaper”solution.  \nWe set up a Task Force,including personsworking in state and private foster careagencies,and foster parents,and begancirculating appeals for foster homes throughchurch channels.About twenty-five newfoster homes were recruited.As we realizedwhat animportant,demanding jobfoster careis,and began to understand the manycomplicated problems,we decided to be-come advocates for better conditions forfoster parents—and,thus,for the children.Now we are the Committee on Foster Care ofEcumenical Ministries of Oregon.The Boardof Church Women United of Portland hasendorsed our efforts,and both ChurchWomen United of Oregon and the UPWPresbyterial Association of the Cascades havehelped us.  \nOur committee is affiliated with NationalAction for Foster Children,aprivate,national,incorporated group urging persons in manystates to set up advocacy committees forfoster parents and childrenForexample,onlyprivate agencies'aid to foster parents is overand above the amount needed for eachchild's room and board.Washington,DC,excepted,state agencies using federal moneycan provide little more than a “board rate.”  \nFoster children al have one big problem一they cannot live with their own parents.Theyare puzzled,often angry,emotionally upset,often afraid they will never see their familiesagain.This means that 350,000 children acrossthe U.S.are being cared forby families servingas full-time volunteers.Yet,mature andcommitted foster parents are not easilyfound.  \nIn the Portland area,we have been short100 foster homes every month for the last sixyears.Recruitment of new homes barelykeeps up with resignations.And everyresignation means the child is moved againand his or her progress takes a real setback.Who will speak on the child's behalf?  \nWhy not gather togeth","cbCaib5ixrVg8Jl5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib5ixrVg8Jl5","pdf",3757327,"English","# CONCERN\n## 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