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WA budget cuts could eliminate education services for some foster youth
A statewide org that helps roughly 6,400 kids access sports, driver’s ed, graduation programs and more, will lose about a third of its funding in July.
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One Tulalip youth lobbies for change in tribal foster care system
In the third installment, a Two Spirit 23-year-old emerges from adolescence in Child Protective Services to tackle the program’s longstanding issues.
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A Tulalip youth works to reconnect with family, tribe and identity
The second in a three-part series explores the personal and systematic complications of foster care — especially for LGBTQ+ Indigenous kids.
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Tracing a Tulalip youth’s path through the Washington foster system
The first in a three-part series follows one Tribe member from the reservation into non-Native care.
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WA foster parents say the state still hasn’t fixed its investigative system
The state has been aware for years that fears of retaliation and frustration around investigations have driven away some otherwise willing foster parents.