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Contacts

Independent Living Coordinator
Rhonda Stevens
email: rlstevens@nd.gov
Dean Sturn
phone: (701) 328-1018
email: drsturn@nd.gov
North Dakota Department of Human Services Website

What’s New @ North Dakota

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Jennifer Dotson

Congratulations to Jennifer Dotson!
18 years old, North Dakota
2009 Outstanding Young Leader
View Jennifer's Profile

Additional Resources

Websites of interest:

North Dakota Department of Human Services Foster Care Services Page

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development's North Dakota State Facts Page

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Higher Education

Education Training Voucher
You may be eligible for funding of up to $5000 per year while you are in college or a vocational or technical training program!
You may qualify if:

1. You are 18, 19 or 20 years old.

2. You are in foster care or you were in foster care as a teenager and you are a US citizen or qualified non-citizen

Statistics

There are 1,364 children in foster care in the state of North Dakota.


Who are North Dakota's children waiting in the foster care system?

1,364 children in foster care
29.9% of foster children are between ages of 0 and 5
25.2% of foster children are between ages of 6 and 12

Independent Living

Dean Sturn
Independent Living Coordinator
600 East Boulevard Avenue 3rd Floor, Judicial Wing
Bismarck, ND 58505
phone: (701) 328-1018
FAX: (701) 328-3538
email: drsturn@nd.gov

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