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4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis
Many young people are being shuttled between hotels and emergency housing.
Susanna Ray
Susanna Ray has been a journalist for two decades, covering politics, government, the military, business and aviation for major news organizations in the United States and Europe. She is currently bas
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State’s foster system sets kids up for failure
More than a decade after a court order requiring Washington state to reduce excessive moves among foster kids, some are still being uprooted repeatedly.
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Foster Care Crisis
More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable.
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Foster parents abandoning troubled system
Over the course of four years, foster parent Veronica Moody of Kirkland took in babies and children with severe challenges,
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Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system
Tanya Copenhaver followed in her father’s and grandmother’s footsteps by becoming a social worker for Washington state’s