A 16-year-old who refuses to be sent outside of the state. An intellectually disabled 10-year-old who can't find a home. A 9-year-old child who lived in a behavior rehabilitation facility that closed.
All of these are foster children who the state of Washington temporarily placed in hotels or offices because it couldn't find any other place to put them, according to a new report from the Washington Family and Children's Ombuds, which independently oversees the state's foster care system.
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