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Kids Count in MI
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Kids Count: Growing poverty threatens children’s health – Recent Michigan policy decisions worsen the impact on kids

Posted January 24, 2012 by AdminBSnook

LANSING — Child abuse and neglect in St. Joseph County more than doubled over the past decade and almost 60 percent of St. Joseph K-12 children qualified for free and reduced price lunches, the latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book concludes. Michigan’s long economic struggle is reflected in the new Kids Count findings. Children [...]

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‘Elder Rights Training’ held in Centreville

Posted June 22, 2011 by AdminBSnook

An ‘Elder Rights Training’ was held Tuesday afternoon (June 21st) in the lower level of the St. Joseph County Courthouse in Centreville in conjunction with declaration of the day as ‘Elder Rights Awareness Day in St. Joseph County.’ In reporting on the session during the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday evening, Jan [...]

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