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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Shirlee Smith: A foster child's slog through the system

Shirlee Smith: A foster child's slog through the system

CHILDREN in the foster care system have a tough row to hoe. And if they are involved with the Social Security Administration, the plot thickens. Their troubles aren't just with the Department of Children and Family Services who have removed them from their families.

Foster children, all too often, are mistreated by far too many people who are supposed to be providing them services and also by members of the general public who quite often seem to think these kids don't qualify as real people.

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