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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Homeless Mom Given Tough Choice: Leave DC or Place Children in Foster Care

Homeless Mom Given Tough Choice: Leave DC or Place Children in Foster Care

Last week a mother of three was given an ultimatum by the DC Child and Family Services Administration: get on a Greyhound bus for a shelter placement in another state or we’ll place your children in foster care. The alleged neglect or abuse? Being financially unable to afford to provide a home for her children. As a matter of law, the District had no basis for making such a threat. It is firmly established that parents have a Constitutional right to care for their children and that a parent’s inability to provide for a child due to circumstances of poverty is not a basis for removing a child.

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