Search Results

While Washington has some of the toughest trafficking laws in the nation, law enforcement in Seattle and Portland struggle to put policy into practice.

Now 30, Janell Braxton says she continues to reckon with the separations and instability stemming from her time in the foster system.

H-SYNC — Housing Stability for Youth in Courts — has piloted using evidence-based surveys to identify teenagers in need of support services.

A 2020 law was supposed to create two trauma-informed treatment centers for exploited children. They still haven’t opened.

The $750,000 pilot program has struggled to meet promises after state officials chose a lobbying firm to build the hotline service from scratch.

A 2020 law mandated the support of two new ‘Safe Harbor’ centers where kids could get treatment — but the state hasn’t made this happen.

Two board members have also stepped down after it was revealed the school district didn’t discipline an accused predator.

The district admitted it was negligent in employing paraeducator Bryan Neyers for nearly five years after being told of his behavior.

Though the funds helped dozens of young people secure housing, delays and slow spending stalled some programs in their first year.

A Way Home Washington launched an internal investigation after health and safety information on hundreds of young clients was made public.