Editor’s Note
This is Part One of a two-part series that came out of the “Our Kids” reporting project. Our Kids is a project of the reporting collaborative, which examines the challenges and opportunities facing Philadelphia’s foster care system.
So, why Philadelphia? While we generally report mostly only on issues in Los Angeles and around California, this two part series which originally ran in NEXT CITY skillfully points beyond itself to the destructive and disproportionate treatment that too many Black families, Indigenous families, and Latinx families all over the nation, including in California and, yes, in Los Angeles are experiencing when they come in contact with the child welfare system.