Texas foster care crisis worsens, with fast-growing numbers of children sleeping in offices, hotels, churches
July 21, 2021 0 comment
Increased oversight and lack of funding mean hundreds of children spend their nights in hotels and churches and on office floors.
Prince Hayward was 6 or 7 years old the first time he spent the night on an office floor.
Hayward was ushered into a common area, and a caseworker fished out a mat for him to sleep on. His parents had lost temporary custody of him again. The caseworker moved to another room, and Hayward lay there under the fluorescent lights, alone and wondering where he’d end up next.
Texas foster care crisis worsens; children sleep in offices, churches
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Texas Foster Care Crisis Worsens, With Fast-Growing Numbers Of Children Sleeping In Offices, Hotels
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