Season 2 Episode #20 - The Failures of the Foster Care System for Hard-To-Place Children

June 15, 2023 00:53:38
Season 2 Episode #20 - The Failures of the Foster Care System for Hard-To-Place Children
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Season 2 Episode #20 - The Failures of the Foster Care System for Hard-To-Place Children

Jun 15 2023 | 00:53:38

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Show Notes

This episode revisits the LA County foster care system, a system that has been the recipient of unfavorable news coverage, particularly related to our most traumatized and troubled children. Foster placement is particularly complicated for our most troubled youth, many of whom are “involved with the juvenile delinquency system, sex trafficked, developmentally disabled or suffering […]

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