Children's Voice Sep/Oct 2009 In This Issue... • Features • Departments • Our Advertisers • Subscribe • About Children's Voice Our Advertisers: Features • 'No One Makes It on Their Own'    Programs provide extra support for former foster youth in college • Making Adoption More Hospitable    Excerpts from James Gritter's latest book, Hospitious Adoption • Responding to Girls' Needs    Improving outcomes for at-risk girls through gender-specific programming • Losing Financial Footing    Private and public agencies share reactions to economic hardship ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Departments • Leadership Lens    A word from CWLA President/CEO Christine James-Brown • Spotlight On    Child Welfare League of Canada Celebrates 15 Years • National Newswire    New Hampshire Mandates Public Kindergarten • Exceptional Children: How to teach concentration skills • The Down to Earth Dad    Children have less freedom outside the home than previous generations • CWLA Short Takes • End Notes • One on One    A conversation with Adam Pertman, Executive Director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Advertisers • Association for Childhood Education International • Child Care Exchange • Child Welfare Journal Special Issue • Child Welfare Journal Subscriptions • CWLA Management Consultation • CWLA Membership • CWLA White House Conference • Furniture Concepts • Handel Information Technologies • University of Virginia School of Nursing  Read selected articles from previous issues of Children's Voice If you know of others who would like to subscribe to the Children's Voice, please have them visit www.cwla.org/pubs/periodicals.htm. Copyright © 2009 Child Welfare League of America. All Rights Reserved.