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UPDATE: Roads remain hazardous after largest snowfall of season
Isis Camisa, 6, of South Haven, build a snowman with her dad, Antonio, and mom, Rachael, on Sunday morning. Northwest Indiana received 5 to 11 inches of snowfall, according to preliminary reports released by the National Weather Service. John Luke, The Times
UPDATE: Roads remain hazardous after largest snowfall of season
Jacob Wilkerson, of Gary, clears snow from a car Sunday morning. John Luke, The Times
UPDATE: Roads remain hazardous after largest snowfall of season
Robert Scoggins, of Gary, shovels snow Sunday morning. John Luke, The Times
“She is extremely articulate, very bright, and truly cares about justice. I was so impressed with her knowledge about the field, Jackson said. She is not a celebrity who is just putting her name on a cause. She is actively involved in this cause.”
Jackson explained she has the idea for Kardashian to speak to her students after the television star visited virtually with a Georgetown University class last year. However, she kept the appearance a secret to surprise the online class.
According to a release, Jackson described her class reaction to seeing Kardashian as having that Macaulay Culkin look on their faces from the Home Alone movie, with some students calling in family members to see.
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Erica Schultz, a foster care licensing specialist in Arlington Heights, Illinois, says the number of licensed foster homes in her agency has grown during the pandemic, from 37 last spring to 44 now.
Overall, though, “the whole system has become more sluggish,” says Jill Duerr Berrick, a child welfare researcher and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. “It’s made it more difficult to provide services to families . [and] to get kids in regular contact with their families.”
Why We Wrote This
While exacerbating long-standing difficulties in the foster care system, the pandemic has also tapped unknown reservoirs of capability and compassion.