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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
Foster Care

Whistleblower status proposed to help harassed foster parents

In the midst of the ongoing crisis in the Washington foster care system, foster parents…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenJanuary 15, 2020
Foster Care

Foster parents struggle against retaliation by state caseworkers

In addition to the shortage of foster homes in Washington state, foster parents often cite…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenJanuary 15, 2020
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Foster care-to-prison pipeline “alive and well”

Inmates at Washington's Monroe Correctional Complex who are alumni of the foster-care system convened a…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoDecember 10, 2019
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Foster care reporting led to six new state laws, $48 million in funding

InvestigateWest's sustained in-depth coverage of a crisis of historic proportions in Washington state's foster care…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestDecember 1, 2019
Foster Care

Supreme Court ruling bolsters abused foster kids’ lawsuits against state

In what may prove a watershed moment for the state’s foster care system, Washington’s Supreme…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenNovember 1, 2018
Foster CareWatchdog

WA sent abused kids to jail-like Iowa group home with “abusive” practices

Youths entrusted to Washington’s foster-care system have endured “abusive” practices in a jail-like Iowa group…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoOctober 17, 2018
Foster Care

Foster kids kept by state in hotels at record rate

Abused and neglected kids in Washington State’s overwhelmed foster care system were housed at hotels…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoSeptember 21, 2018
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