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On a gray, rainy afternoon a man walks into a library and shows a missing-person flyer to a librarian. It’s in a day’s work for a foster child “locator”…
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The state of Washington has struck a deal with the feds to keep Western State Hospital open and funded. The Department of Social and Health Services…
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The state of Washington is on a hiring spree for forensic psychologists. They’re needed to help address a backlog of mentally ill jail inmates whose…
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The case of an infant who nearly died from severe abuse has captured the attention of Washington lawmakers. The child’s adoptive parents testified Tuesday…
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Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services now has a team of social workers whose sole job is to find foster youth who run away.Long-term…
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Washington is under court order to keep foster youth from running away. So the state now has a team of “locators”--social workers whose job it is to find…
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Rural Thurston County, Washington, is the kind of place people move to for a little elbow room. But if you’re a teenager from the suburbs, life can be…
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The agency that oversees child welfare in Washington wants to hire nearly 100 more child protection workers.But the budget request comes after years of…
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The state of Washington has agreed to pay a record amount to settle a case of child abuse and neglect.The nearly $10 million settlement announced Friday…
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The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled it’s illegal for the state to “board” mental health patients in emergency rooms and regular hospital beds.The…