State Legislators Seek Answers for Failings of Foster Care System
October 6, 2021 6:18AM CDT
State lawmakers were clearly not happy with answers from DSS – mainly involving a federal report that Foster care children run away often—and are not accounted for.
State lawmakers held a special hearing Tuesday- to hear more about why children in foster care have gone missing and unaccounted for.
Mary Elizabeth Coleman, a Republican from Arnold, chairs the House Children and Families Committee
According to an inspector report, “After going missing from foster care, children have a heightened risk of sexual exploitation and being victimized by sex trafficking, as well as poorer outcomes related to health, safety, education, and subsequent involvement in the criminal justice system.”