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/2 August, 2018

“I Was in Foster Care. Family Separation Isn’t Just a Problem at the Border”: Foster America in Time Magazine

Executive Director Sherry Lachman writes in Time Magazine about inequity and how we can better support families and kids in foster care. “Many children in the broader foster care system — particularly children of color — are separated from their families when preventive services could help their parents overcome the challenges, often poverty-related, that lead to their removal.”

Read her article here.

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