Most states temporarily house foster children in hotels, offices
More than 9,000 children in foster care had to temporarily stay in hotels, office buildings and other potentially unsafe settings when states couldn’t find suitable places for them, according to a new federal audit. The… Read the full report at Kentucky Lantern
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