InvestigateWest's sustained in-depth coverage of a crisis of historic proportions in Washington state's foster care…
InvestigateWestDecember 1, 2019
Youths entrusted to Washington’s foster-care system have endured “abusive” practices in a jail-like Iowa group…
Allegra AbramoOctober 17, 2018
Abused and neglected kids in Washington State’s overwhelmed foster care system were housed at hotels…
Allegra AbramoSeptember 21, 2018
Kinship caregivers such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and close family care for an estimated 43,000 children in…
Allegra AbramoAugust 10, 2018
Washington State legislature is considering a bill that would phase out detention of youth for…
Allegra AbramoFebruary 12, 2018
Housing abused and neglected children in Washington state is costing up to $600 a night…
Allegra AbramoOctober 11, 2017
Foster kids and foster parents in Washington state have something to celebrate as state officials…
Allegra AbramoJuly 11, 2017
Republicans and Democrats in Olympia insist they want to shore up the state’s failing foster…
Allegra AbramoApril 26, 2017
A recent report by the Children’s Administration shows how many of the highest-needs foster children…
Allegra AbramoApril 7, 2017
