Barred from Sending Probation and Foster Youth Out of State, California Officials Have Managed to Find Them Local Homes and Programs [imprintnews.org[

Jenna Quinn (PACEs Connection Staff) 9/17/213:04 PM

By Sara Tiano and Kelly Davis, the Imprint, September 2, 2021

BeforeJuly when it became unlawful, California officials sent hundreds of vulnerable children each year to residential treatment programs as far-flung as Wyoming and Florida.

They were kids who the courts, social workers and probation officers decided were too troubled to place in family foster homes or in local group facilities. Their behaviors were so unsafe and mental health issues so severe, local officials determined, their needs could not be met anywhere in this state of 164,000 square miles and some of the nation’s greatest wealth and innovative social services.

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