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RELIGION<br />

Can my foster parents or No. You do not have to attend religious services that you<br />

group home make me go to a do not wish to. 80<br />

church, temple, or mosque?<br />

EXHIBIT A-II<br />

Can my foster parents or No. You have a right to attend religious services <strong>of</strong> your<br />

group home keep me from choice. Your foster parents or group home must help you to<br />

going to my church, temple, arrange transportation to <strong>and</strong> from your place <strong>of</strong> worship<br />

or mosque? provided it is within a reasonable distance. The only other way<br />

you can be prevented from attending religious services is if<br />

there is a very strong reason for not allowing you to go. Foster<br />

parents, for example, can refuse to take you to services if you<br />

seriously misbehaved on a prior occasion. They cannot,<br />

however, refuse to take you to services simply because they<br />

don’t want to. Your social worker is supposed to help match<br />

you to foster care providers who will underst<strong>and</strong> your religious<br />

needs. 81<br />

Legal Rights <strong>of</strong> Teens In Out <strong>of</strong> Home Care Page 22

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