Thats just crazy! How can a foster care system survive like that?
It IS crazy – but it is also reality. Where else will the foster children go? There is no good place to “push back.” Half the foster homes are overcrowded and not by just 1 or even 2 children but by 3 or 4 or 5 or more children. MOST IMORTANT: Without adequate number of foster homes the criteria for taking a child into foster care is INCREASED. Here is what this means in real life. With plenty of foster homes if a four year old is found home alone she is immediately taken into custody and placed in foster care. Without an adequate number of foster homes the child may be taken into custody but then returned home the same day when the parent shows up and promises to never again leave the child alone. UNBELIEVABLE . . . OK – Back to the general questions . . .
