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WA advocates call for freezing foster care ‘age-out’ during pandemic
Young adults aging out of foster care face unique challenges in normal times, say advocates. Now, they face even greater risks.
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Birth parents fight to visit kids in foster system during pandemic
Seeing their children in person may put parents, as well as foster families and social workers, at risk, but can the state stop them?
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Washington sees surge of foster kids placed in hotels while they wait for treatment
The Legislature may boost funds requested by Gov. Jay Inslee to better address severe behavioral cases.
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Foster parents say ‘retaliation’ by caseworkers means fewer families to help kids in need
Records portray a culture of fear, even as Washington state attempts to respond to a flood of new cases.
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In Seattle, grandmothers raising kids have to rely on each other
For kinship caregivers raising another family member's children, state support lags behind assistance for foster parents.