In this episode,  Tibby discusses her personal experience and thoughts on the foster care system. She highlights the shortage of foster homes, unsuitable living conditions in some foster homes, and the issue of children sleeping in government offices and hotels. She also addresses the failure of the foster care system, inadequate treatment and mental health care for foster youth, and the challenges they face. She explores the reasons for child welfare involvement, racial disparities in the system, and the impact of the opioid crisis on foster care.
 
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Sources:
How many kids are in foster care? (USA Facts)
Median months in foster care  (USA Facts)
Ohio's Foster Care Crisis Forcing Hundreds of Kids to Sleep in Offices (Clevescene)
Five years on, the Family First act has failed in its aims (The Hill)
State sued for holding foster children in jail due to lack of housing (Chicago Sun Times)
Foster Children Held in Jails, Shelters — Workers Threatened, Attacked: A State Agency in Crisis (The Illinois Answers Project)
Ohio kids being sent out of state for mental health treatment. Address crisis now (Columbus Dispatch)
Illinois DCFS Director Marc Smith found in contempt of court for 12th time over improper placement of child (CBS News)
What are the outcomes for youth placed in group and institutional settings? (Casey Family Programs)
Away From Home Study (ThinkofUs.org)
Foster Youth Mental Health (National Foster Youth Institute)
AAP-AACAP-CHA Declaration of a National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (American Academy of Pediatrics)
How a System Designed to Protect US Children Actually Traumatizes Them (Human Rights Watch)
Poverty and Child Neglect: How Did We Get It Wrong? (National Conference of State Legislatures)
Black Children Continue to Be Dispr

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