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	<description>Children's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S.</description>
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		<title>New Study Shows Tennessee Has Transformed System to Keep Children with Families and Out of Institutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tennessee's focused effort to reduce the number of children living inappropriately in institutions has not only had a positive impact on kids and families across the state, but could serve as a model nationwide.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/new-study-shows-tennessee-has-transformed-system-to-keep-children-with-families-and-out-of-institutions/</link>
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		<title>New Report: Tennessee Maintains Vital Improvements for Kids in Foster Care, but Significant Challenges Remain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While Tennessee continues to sustain key improvements to its child welfare system, it is up to the state's new administration to address the challenges that are still ahead.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/new-report-tennessee-maintains-vital-improvements-for-kids-in-foster-care-but-significant-challenges-remain/</link>
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		<title>End of Federal Court Oversight in View as Tennessee Dramatically Improves Care for Thousands of Abused and Neglected Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report shows Tennessee foster children are much safer and better cared for, and now Children's Rights and DCS have agreed on what the state must do to end federal oversight.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/end-of-federal-court-oversight-in-view-as-tennessee-dramatically-improves-care-for-thousands-of-abused-and-neglected-kids/</link>
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		<title>Protecting Children&#8217;s Rights to Fair Hearings and Safe Homes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a direct result of legal action Children's Rights took to block a law that violated children's rights and endangered their lives, that law is on the way to being repealed.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/cases/tennessee-brian-a-v-bredesen/protecting-childrens-rights-to-fair-hearings-and-safe-homes/</link>
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		<title>Huge Victory for Abused and Neglected Kids as Tennessee Repeals Law Interfering with Juvenile Court Hearings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under pressure from Children's Rights, Tennessee General Assembly repeals law interfering with kids' juvenile court hearings while preserving measures to reduce reliance on foster care.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/huge-victory-for-abused-and-neglected-kids-as-tennessee-repeals-law-interfering-with-juvenile-court-hearings/</link>
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		<title>Important progress in a battle to protect vulnerable kids&#8217; right to fair family court hearings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children's Rights will continue pressing the case for overturning a dangerous law endangering children's safety -- and working with state officials to improve protection for vulnerable kids.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/cases/tennessee-brian-a-v-bredesen/important-progress-in-a-battle-to-protect-vulnerable-kids-right-to-fair-family-court-hearings/</link>
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		<title>Child welfare reform in Tennessee: Working in partnership to improve children&#8217;s lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Children's Rights has educated me about the very constructive role that advocates can play," says Gov. Phil Bredesen in State of the State Address.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/cases/tennessee-brian-a-v-bredesen/child-welfare-reform-in-tennessee-working-in-partnership-to-improve-childrens-lives/</link>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Rights Renews Challenge to Tennessee Law Unconstitutionally Interfering with Juvenile Court Hearings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five children recently taken into state custody on allegations of neglect face an imminent risk of harm due to a new law aimed at influencing judges' decisions in juvenile court, advocates say.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/childrens-rights-renews-challenge-to-tennessee-law-interfering-with-juvenile-court-hearings/</link>
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		<title>In Tennessee, a tough battle to protect vulnerable kids&#8217; rights to fair hearings in family court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children's Rights takes on a dangerous state law aimed at strong-arming judges into diverting kids from foster care -- without regard to the facts of their cases.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/cases/tennessee-brian-a-v-bredesen/in-tennessee-a-tough-battle-to-protect-vulnerable-kids-rights-to-fair-hearings-in-family-court/</link>
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		<title>Tennessee Judges Oppose Law Interfering with Children&#8217;s Juvenile Court Hearings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judges presiding over life-altering juvenile and family court hearings say a new state law aimed at influencing their decisions violated children's constitutional rights.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrensrights.org/news-events/press/tennesee-judges-oppose-law-interfering-with-childrens-juvenile-court-hearings/</link>
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