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NEWS: Bill to Improve Lives of Foster Youth Passes Committee

 Rep. Les Gara
April 3, 2015
JUNEAU— Thursday, the House Health and Social Services Committee passed House Bill 27 sponsored by Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage). The bill seeks to improve the lives of foster youth in Alaska by getting them into permanent loving homes, so they don’t keep suffering damage and neglect caused by bouncing between multiple temporary foster homes and schools. Rep. Gara thanks the members of the Health and Social Services Committee for their work on the bill.
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Press Conference: Holiday Laptop Drive Launched to Help the Growing Number of Foster Youth in Alaska

 Rep. Les Gara
December 18, 2014
(ANCHORAGE) – Today, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) and Facing Foster Care in Alaska (FFCA) are launching a Laptops for Foster Youth Holiday Drive with a press conference at 11 a.m. They will announce the drive, which will be augmented by a recent $20,000 donation, at the Dimond Center in Anchorage. The press conference will take place at the entrance just west of Best Buy. Following the press conference Rep. Gara and Facing Foster Care in Alaska co-founder Amanda Metivier will purchase discounted computers at local stores.
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Note from Rep. Gara: Launching Holiday “Laptops 4 Foster Youth” Drive, Saving You $, Holiday Giving & Not Wasting More State $ On Rockets

 Rep. Les Gara
December 17, 2014
It’s close to the Holidays. If you’re like me, you don’t want to talk a lot of politics. So let’s talk about: 1. The launch of our 2014 Holiday Laptops for Foster Youth Drive (thanks to you we’ve matched roughly 400 laptops with foster youth so far); 2. A potential last??? chance for you to get State Rebate$ for upgrading the heating and energy efficiency at your homes; and, 3. Holiday donation and volunteer needs if you haven’t figured where to direct your efforts.
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