Local reporters this week in 1994 were kept busy gathering details about several tragedies and near-misses in our area. But there was also hopeful news about the future – although
Across the nation, more than 390,000 children rely on foster care. However, a shortage of licensed foster homes is creating a national crisis. While official foster care cases are carefully tracked, many informal examples of kinship care aren’t part of the data. For this Us & Them episode, we hear the experiences of those who’ve been part of the foster care system.