Tagged: Foster Care

5:00am

Mon July 2, 2012
Foster Care

Families celebrate success stories in the foster care system

Credit Gabriel Spitzer / KPLU

About 1,160 children in King County spent last month in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services. Most were separated from their parents because of unsafe conditions at home, such as drugs, violence or neglect.

But it may come as a surprise to learn that most eventually will be safely returned to their parents.

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12:05pm

Wed May 11, 2011
Law

New state law could help Native American families stay together

Decades after the federal government stopped taking Native American children from their homes and putting them in boarding schools, Native families still face challenges staying together.

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4:15pm

Tue January 18, 2011
Panel Discussion

Seattle confronts child prostitution problem after FBI sweeps

Credit Photo courtesy of Women's Funding Alliance.

Two years ago, the city of Seattle got the results of a harrowing study: it estimated as many as 500 children in King County are involved in prostitution

More recently, FBI sweeps have found more girls victimized here than anywhere else in the country. Seattle is identified by the FBI as one of the top ten human trafficking centers in the country - due in part, perhaps, to more effective law enforcement.  

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