Article: Thousands of children still waiting for foster families. Ministry proposes 14 weeks 'maternity' leave for foster parents

RUTH EGLASH
Jerusalem Post
06-28-2009
Headline: Thousands of children still waiting for foster families. Ministry proposes 14 weeks 'maternity' leave for foster parents
Byline: RUTH EGLASH
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 04

Sunday, June 28, 2009 -- Less than a quarter of children taken out of unstable home environments by the state are placed in the preferred framework of foster care, according to the Welfare and Social Services Ministry, which has called on the public to "open its hearts and homes" to thousands of children in need of a caring family.

Ministry Director-General Nahum Itzkovitz told The Jerusalem Post over the weekend that his office was already in the process of expanding ...

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