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WAMU: A Shortage of Foster Parents in D.C. Worries Child Welfare Advocates

April 8, 2019

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Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Aubrey Luce-Edwards spoke with WAMU recently about the alarming lack of placements for DC children in the foster care system. 

“We’ve seen cases where kids have been exposed to a lot of violence, have been physically hurt, but have remained in their homes because [D.C’s Child and Family Service Agency] has not had the placements for them,” says Aubrey Edwards-Luce, senior policy attorney at Children’s Law Center.

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