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Pandemic piles new pressures on foster children, caretakers

by Associated Press
| May 13, 2020 8:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Overstreet first entered foster care at age 14, separated from her siblings and knowing very little about what her new life meant aside from what she had seen in the popular musical “Annie.” So for a while, at the beginning, she kept her status a secret.

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