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Youngkin signs bipartisan child welfare reforms and sets new goals for foster care

New laws expand oversight and services as Virginia pushes to reduce trauma and improve outcomes for vulnerable youth

,   and  Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs legislation reforming child welfare laws in Richmond on Thursday as Katie Jones (right), who spent much of her childhood in the foster system, looks on. (Markus Schmidt/Virginia Mercury)

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