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Foster Care

A foster system paradox: Parents billed for care of their children

Studies show charging child support extends family separations and can spur years of debt for…
Claudia Rowe
Claudia RoweMarch 22, 2022
Two people walk on a road during sunset, holding hands.Foster Care

Can a court victory provide refuge for foster youth?

Those on both sides of a federal lawsuit see daunting obstacles to providing safer, healthier…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoAugust 4, 2021
An illustration of two people in a bright blue car, driving at night.Foster Care

Washington agrees to end foster youth placements in hotels, offices and cars

The state has until Nov. 1 to implement an alternative plan to house foster youth.…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestJune 28, 2021
A woman walks along a path in a grassy, wooded area, with a building in the background.Foster Care

Washington lawmakers look to keep families together as part of foster care reform

Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn't qualify as sole reason to take kids away With tears in…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoApril 9, 2021
Foster CareGovernment

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 Nielsen
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
Foster CareGovernment

Washington foster kids detail abuse at Sequel group homes

Washington foster youths recount mistreatment at out-of-state Sequel Youth & Family Services facilities. Advocates appeal…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
Foster Care

Washington housing foster care kids at state offices in record-breaking numbers

The number of times that state child-welfare workers housed foster children overnight in government offices…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenSeptember 7, 2020
COVID-19Foster Care

COVID-19 spreads in WA’s foster-care group home system; operators fear state’s wrath

With COVID-19 spreading into Washington’s system of foster care group homes, operators of the facilities…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenAugust 14, 2020
COVID-19Foster Care

Amid COVID-19, ex-foster youth struggle – will WA match other states’ rescue plans?

Young adults in the foster care system, who are disproportionately people of color, were already…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenJune 3, 2020
COVID-19Foster Care

Birth parents fight to visit kids in foster system during pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has translated into severe unhappiness for parents of children taken into Washington…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenApril 22, 2020
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