About 40,000 new state laws pass each year.

PositionPEOPLE & POLITICS - Nancy Detert's legislation on children leaving foster care - Brief article

ABOUT 40,000 NEW STATE LAWS PASS EACH YEAR, and Florida Senator Nancy Detert (R) learned how just one can truly change lives. In 2002, Detert sponsored legislation to give stipends to 18-year-old kids leaving foster care to help them finish high school and go to college or get work training. Five young adults, all under 25, came to a hearing in Tallahassee to thank her personally for helping them make the transition out of foster care. The Road to Independence...

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