Coronavirus
Pandemic pushes WA foster care group homes into lose-lose dilemmas
With one group home losing a state contract after turning away infected youth, operators at other homes fear state retaliation.
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Foster kids: Aged out and alone at 18
For kids in foster care, turning 18 isn't a source for celebration. It's a reason to panic.
Politics
4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis
Many young people are being shuttled between hotels and emergency housing.
Equity
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.
Equity
Finally, a foster-care fix - but who will pay?
Lawmakers in Olympia are weighing bills to consolidate early learning, child welfare and juvenile justice programs under a new Department of Children, Youth and Families.