Economic Stimulus and Foster Care – Tennessee

Stimulus saves, but doesn’t raise, foster care payments, By Janell Ross, July 20, 2009, The Tennessean: “In a typical week, one of the four foster children in Loraine and Ron Copeland’s care might need a new pair of shoes, medicine for an unexpected cough or cold and, of course, diapers. Over the last nine years, the Copelands have provided that and more to 50 children, including a 3-week-old in need of multiple open-heart surgeries. Without families like the Copelands, those children might have had to live in orphanages…”