CT Mirror, June 24, 2014 "Martha Stone, executive director of the Center for Children's Advocacy, has been a critic of the state's full-time education requirement for aging out youth. She sees CHEER as a promising solution for foster care children unprepared or uninterested in college, and hopes that DCF will closely monitor the financial scale-backs that take place throughout the duration of the program. . . " http://ctmirror.org/dcf-introduces-program-to-extend-care-to-more-foster-children/ Bonnie Berk Director, Communications Center for Children's Advocacy 860-570-5327 [cid:[log in to unmask]]