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Foster care 'on the cheap' -- Washington's recipe for failure
Help has become harder to get for Washington foster children and their caregivers in recent years.
Allegra Abramo
Allegra is a freelance writer whose stories and photos have appeared in ProPublica, NBCNews.com, InvestigateWest, and other local and national outlets.
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