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Kinship Caregivers in D.C. Say Child Welfare Agency Owes Foster Payments

October 6, 2021 by Greg Cywnar

Kinship Caregivers in D.C. Say Child Welfare Agency Owes Foster Payments

Three years ago, a Washington, D.C., woman received a distressed call with an urgent request: Her sister was being admitted to a psychiatric hospital and needed help caring for her then-5-year-old daughter. Could she take her in?

Facing financial insecurity herself, the woman — who asked to be identified by her initials due to the sensitive nature of her case — nevertheless wanted to help her sister. But K.H. was quickly overwhelmed by the challenges of a child with significant emotional needs who arrived from a struggling, unstable home.

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