Studies show charging child support extends family separations and can spur years of debt for…
Claudia RoweMarch 22, 2022
The state has until Nov. 1 to implement an alternative plan to house foster youth.…
InvestigateWestJune 28, 2021
Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn't qualify as sole reason to take kids away With tears in…
Allegra AbramoApril 9, 2021
Washington misses its deadline to bring foster kids home from troubled out-of-state group facilities
When a Michigan boy died in May after being restrained by employees at a Sequel…
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
Washington foster youths recount mistreatment at out-of-state Sequel Youth & Family Services facilities. Advocates appeal…
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
The number of times that state child-welfare workers housed foster children overnight in government offices…
Rachel NielsenSeptember 7, 2020
With COVID-19 spreading into Washington’s system of foster care group homes, operators of the facilities…
Rachel NielsenAugust 14, 2020
Young adults in the foster care system, who are disproportionately people of color, were already…
Rachel NielsenJune 3, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has translated into severe unhappiness for parents of children taken into Washington…
Rachel NielsenApril 22, 2020
