Washington's Foster Care System Pressed To Solve Issue Of Runaways Kim Malcolm talks with Austin Jenkins of the Northwest News Network about how Washington state is trying to reduce the number of teens who run away from... Kim Malcolm Play AudioListen 5 mins
Coaching Parents Who Have Lost Kids To Foster Care Some parents don’t know how to parent. When their lack of parenting skills put the child in danger, that’s when the state comes knocking – to take their... Joshua McNichols Play AudioListen 6 mins
Separated From Family, Border Kids Land In Northwest Homes Sara, 20, is a Mexican student in Des Moines, Washington, a half hour south of Seattle. She wears her hair in two braids, tucked under her black knit... Liz Jones Play AudioListen 6 mins
Victim Of Cult Abuse Becomes Foster Mom To Give Back Mary-Jeanne Smith was 13 when she ran away from home. She said she left to avoid an abusive environment. “My parents had joined sort of a religious... Kate OConnell Play AudioListen 10 mins
Do we need to better protect foster kids sent out-of-state? Kim Malcolm talks with Connie Lambert-Eckel about why some Washington foster kids end up being taken in by families in other states. A recent New York... Andy Hurst Kim Malcolm Play AudioListen 5 mins
Where to send foster kids? For 72 hours, Skookum House There was a kid they called Peanut at the Child Protective Services office in Bellingham. “He spent a lot of time with social workers, just going around... Sarah Eden Wallace Play AudioListen 5 mins
Here's one reason why Washington's foster kids are in crisis Emily Fox talks with journalist Susanna Ray about the impact of high turnover among social workers who work in Washington's foster care system. Ray... Emily Fox Andy Hurst Play AudioListen 6 mins
