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
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
With Washington forcing a record number of traumatized foster youth into overnight hotel stays that…
Rachel NielsenMarch 19, 2020
Record numbers of foster children are sleeping in hotels and state offices as Washington State…
Allegra AbramoJanuary 30, 2020
In the midst of the ongoing crisis in the Washington foster care system, foster parents…
Rachel NielsenJanuary 15, 2020
In addition to the shortage of foster homes in Washington state, foster parents often cite…
Rachel NielsenJanuary 15, 2020
