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	<title>Season 2 Episode 12 : Sisco&#8217;s Adoption after 70+ Foster Placements</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 06:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Season 2 Episode 10 : Grow Into You for Aged Out Kids in Foster Care</title>
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	<title>Season 2 Episode 9 : Turning the Tables with Teens in Foster Care</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Jack &#38; Nichole sit with Papo and chat with him about his experience growing up in the foster care system in Philadelphia and how he turned the table by helping teens in foster care by working in a group home and connecting with the kids through his own foster experiences.]]></description>
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	<title>Season 2 Episode 3 : Black Single Foster Mom of Teens</title>
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	<title>Season 2 Episode 2 : Foster The Teens in Foster Care</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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