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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 CareGovernment

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
Foster Care

As foster care crisis festers, kin who care for neglected kids receive little state support

Kinship caregivers such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and close family care for an estimated 43,000 children in…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoAugust 10, 2018
Foster Care

Washington weighs an end to locking kids up for truancy

Washington State legislature is considering a bill that would phase out detention of youth for…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoFebruary 12, 2018
Foster Care

The $600-a-night foster care bed

Housing abused and neglected children in Washington state is costing up to $600 a night…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoOctober 11, 2017
Foster Care

Surprise! Foster kids, parents win for once with new state laws, spending

Foster kids and foster parents in Washington state have something to celebrate as state officials…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoJuly 11, 2017
Foster Care

Olympia’s budget clash threatens foster care reforms

Republicans and Democrats in Olympia insist they want to shore up the state’s failing foster…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoApril 26, 2017
Foster Care

New report highlights foster care’s failings as legislators debate funding

A recent report by the Children’s Administration shows how many of the highest-needs foster children…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoApril 7, 2017
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