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The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer

Protectors of children, seated from left are: Chelsea Stewart, supervisor for the Foster Homefinders and Adoption Unit, and Michelle Dowe, director of Child Welfare. Standing behind them are: Valerie Johnson, caseworker for the Foster Homefinders and Adoption Unit and Gail Geohagen-Pratt, commissioner for the Albany County Department for Children, Youth and Families.