August 12, 2005

Helping Foster Children Feel at Home in College

By ANNE K. WALTERS

State and federal lawmakers seek to provide financial aid and other support

Map: College Assistance for Foster Children

Estakio Hassan Beltran grew up as a ward of Washington State and switched high schools eight times as he bounced from one foster family to another. He changed homes 71 times, and boasts that dealing with so many moves turned him into one of the world's best luggage packers.

His childhood in foster

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