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Former foster youth and county DSS worker to share foster-care story at Oct. 20 meeting

5888226 · October 6, 2025
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Summary

Hope Pembry, a Burke County DSS social-work professional who spent much of her childhood in foster care, gave a brief preview of her personal story and said she will speak at the board’s Oct. 20 regular meeting in support of foster-care awareness.

Hope Pembry, who identified herself as a former foster youth and currently a social-work professional at Burke County Department of Social Services, spoke briefly at the…

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