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• 5/1/19 Exact Release– Santa Barbara County recognizes May as National Foster Care Month
• 5/1/19 Patch – Santa Barbara County recognizes May 2019 as National Foster Care Month
• 5/25/19 KEYT – Santa Barbara social services host wellness day for foster kids and parents
• 5/25/19 Santa Maria Times – Our County, Our Kids gives back to resource families
• 6/4/19 Santa Ynez Valley Star – Foster families get a day of fun, relaxation
• 6/4/19 Santa Barbara News Press – San Marcos High Senior Jacqueline Moreno
• 6/11/19 Santa Barbara News Press – San Marcos High Club helps out Foster Families
• 12/11/19 KEYT – Foster Kids enjoy Christmas lights thanks to annual trolley ride.
• 7/10/18 Santa Barbara News Press– San Marcos students assist foster community
• 7/9/18 Santa Barbara Family and Life Magazine – SMHS Students Discover Realities of Foster System
• 7/5/18 KSBY – The Westmont Initiative for Public Dialogue, in consultation with Our County Our Kids in Santa Maria
• 7/3/18 Lompoc Record – The power of baseball: Nunez and Scott use the game to cope with loss
• 6/29/18 Santa Barbara Independent – The Westmont Initiative for Public Dialogue in consultation with Our County Our Kids in Santa Maria
• 6/27/18 Las Cruces Dun News – Unfunded pension liabilities hurt state’s bond rating
• 6/26/18 KEYT – Junior League of Santa Barbara helps empower human sex trafficking victims
• 6/16/18 Santa Ynez Valley Star – Agency seeks business support for foster families
• 6/11/18 Santa Barbara News Press– Local businesses can contribute to foster children’s growth
• 7/5/18 edhat Santa Barbara – Public Dialogue with Westmont College and Our County Our Kids
• 5/10/18 Santa Maria Sun – A new life: Social Services, volunteers, and community come together to give foster youth a chance at a better life
• 5/10/18 KEYT – Lompoc family honored for devotion to foster care
• 5/9/18 The Santa Maria times – They deserve to be loved: Scott family of Lompoc honored for foster care service
• 5/9/18 Noozhawk – Central Coast Kiwanis, Angels Foster Care Celebrate Foster Families
• 12/2/17 KSBY – Dozens of bikes gifted to local foster kids
• 11/16/17 KSBY – 16 kids adopted into new families Wednesday in Santa Maria
• 11/16/17 Santa Maria Times – 16 Santa Barbara County children adopted into new families during National Adoption Month event at Juvenile Court
• 11/15/17 KCOY – Eight Santa Barbara County families give foster children ‘Forever’ homes
• 11/7/17 KSBY – Foster kids to attend Disneyland for the first time
• 10/20/17 KEYT – Noah Scott’s legacy continues with Disneyland trip for foster children
• 9/10/17 Santa Barbara News Press – Fostering a new life for kids
• 9/6/17 Santa Maria Sun – Our County Our Kids works to improve the foster system despite severe lack of resources
• 9/5/17 Noozhawk – Our County, Our Kids Helps Kick-Off Football Game with Unique Outreach Effort
• 8/23/17 Santa Maria Times – County Lines: Prospective foster, adoptive families invited to events; Guadalupe library to offer coloring
program
• 8/4/17 KEYT – Lompoc Cares event to educate, generate awareness for county-wide foster care and adoption services
• 7/10/17 Santa Maria Times – 40 local foster youth get bikes at Elks Lodge giveaway
• 5/15/17 Noozhawk – Santa Barbara County Resident Opened Her Home to Hundreds of Foster Kids
• 5/2/17 SB Family Life – Mom to 213 Delights in Reuniting Families
• 5/1/17 Santa Maria Times – Pennon Family: Changing the Way Fostering Looks
• 4/20/17 KSBY – Shortage of foster parents on the Central Coast
• 4/3/17 KTLA – Local Resource Family Writes New Definition of Family
• 3/10/17 Santa Barbara Breaking News – Santa Barbara Businesses Sign on to Inspire
• 2/21/17 Santa Barbara News-Press – Our County Our Kids Informational Session
• 11/15/16 Santa Barbara News-Press – Adoptions to be finalized for National Adoption Month
• 8/18/16 Noozhawk – Resource Parent Association Fosters Care, Hope for Children in Santa Barbara County
• 5/12/16 The Sun – Finding a place called home
• 5/08/16 Santa Barbara News-Press – SB County launches new efforts to find foster parents
• 5/02/16 Noozhawk – Das Williams to Aid Our County, Our Kids Foster Care Recruitment Efforts
• 4/22/16 Santa Maria Times – County launches foster care campaign