First Place for Youth seeds success for foster transition

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First Place for Youth seeds success for foster transition

First Place For Youth

Jun 22, 2022

After spending nine years living in multiple foster homes, Alex Bates has finally found stability in his own apartment in Santa Clara, Calif. thanks to help from First Place for Youth

(Mercury News)

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