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Texas foster care statistics for 2009
In 2009, there were 27,422 children in foster care in the state of Texas.
Of those numbers, there were 5,442 children in Region 3 (North Texas)
In 2009, there were 6,510,210 children between the ages of birth to 18 in the state of Texas and 1,795,971 in the North Texas region.
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Texas child deaths increased sharply in 2009
280 Texas children died as the result of child abuse and neglect in 2009 — up more than 30% from 2008.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is still trying to figure out why.
According to one think tank, the reason is likely due to increased teen pregnancies and increased poverty — which seems very [...]
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Top songs of 2009
I used to think I listened to a broad range of music — but after working up a list of my favorite songs from 2009, either my preferred listening tastes are getting more defined — or perhaps 2009 just wasn’t a great year for new music. (Feel free to offer up your own theories.)
Ten spots [...]
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The Year in Review
Jim Gray (Beaconhill NW) offered up a great list of introspective questions for closing out 2009.
I shared my answers on his blog (whether he was looking for that or not ) and thought I’d share them here as well.
1. What are the 2-3 themes that personally defined 2009 for me?
grace. patience. love wins.
2. [...]
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Five things I did during the Great Crash of 2009
So when I suggested earlier this week that perhaps we should all have a dark day from time to time I didn’t mean for Twitter to take it personally – especially not during the work week.
Could have done without their servers (and Facebook and Friendfeed) crashing yesterday — but looks like we survived.
Found out about [...]
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A few resolutions for 2009
I’ve been thinking through things I want to get done this next year.
I’m hoping to keep things simple this year. I hope this year is less about me and more about others. I hope to simplify in areas where I can. I hope to love more and I hope to give more.
Here are a few [...]
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