The systematic mistreatment of children in the foster care system: through the cracks

The child protective system

The educational system

Sharon : preventing placement in a state psychiatric hospital

John : struggling to stabilize placement with a parent

James : stabilizing placement with relatives

Silvia and Carlos : placing siblings together in a foster home

Robert : living at the county emergency shelter

Debra : supplementing the appropriate program

Patty : funding a unique program

Anthony : advocating for foster home placement

David : working with a court-appointed special advocate to reunite separated siblings

Directions for change.