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Coca-Cola Consolidated donation helps Roanoke children in foster care
Read full article: Coca-Cola Consolidated donation helps Roanoke children in foster careRoanoke City has the highest number of children in care at 250 children โ 5% of the total number across the Commonwealth, as of May of this year.
30 Days of Hope 2022: Raising awareness for adoption, fostering in Virginia
Read full article: 30 Days of Hope 2022: Raising awareness for adoption, fostering in VirginiaIn Virginia, kids are in crisis and put into foster care due to no fault of their own. But they have an advocate. 10 News Anchor Jenna Zibton works tirelessly all year long investigating the challenges the foster care system faces and revealing the solutions so all of us can help. Youโve seen the stories during the WSLS 10 Kids in Crisis series and 30 Days of Hope, where we profile one child who needs a home every day during the month of November.
โWeโre making up for lost timeโ: Roanoke County mother-daughter reunite years after she forfeited parental rights
Read full article: โWeโre making up for lost timeโ: Roanoke County mother-daughter reunite years after she forfeited parental rightsLegislation thatโs only been used a few times in Virginia is to thank for reuniting a mother and daughter who spent years apart.
Two boys found safe, search continues for their suspected abductors in Southwest Virginia
Read full article: Two boys found safe, search continues for their suspected abductors in Southwest VirginiaAuthorities are searching for a man and a woman they believe abducted two children from a home in Grayson County late Sunday night.
Spike in children being removed from their homes during this pandemic
Read full article: Spike in children being removed from their homes during this pandemicโWe have had many families be unable to keep their kids safe in our community,โ said Ben Jones, a Roanoke County Department of Social Services family services supervisor. Jones says theyโve had a spike in how many children are being removed from their families. Either supervision, shelter, appropriate food, hygiene for children those types of things,โ said Goss. โYou never know what youโre walking into when you walk up to a house so itโs just workerโs safety, family safety, child safety. The children are all ages and races and were put into foster care due to no fault of their own.
3 Roanoke County children at center of Amber Alert found safely; mother, father in custody
Read full article: 3 Roanoke County children at center of Amber Alert found safely; mother, father in custodyROANOKE, Va. โ LATESTThe search for three missing Roanoke County kids ended on Wednesday when Cameron, Emma and Colin Allison were all found safe. โThe children have been turned over to South Carolina authorities who will coordinate with the Roanoke County Department of Social Services to get them safely returned,โ Roanoke County Police Chief Howard Hall said. The search for Roanoke County three kids at the center of an Amber Alert continues. When the parents were called, they would not cooperate, according to Roanoke County Police Chief Howard Hall. Possible abductor (Roanoke County Police)May be in company of children (Roanoke County Police)For further information contact the Roanoke County Police Department at 540-777-8798, 540-777-8799 or the Virginia State Police at #77.