WRAL Investigates

Strained foster care system means some children removed from homes because of abuse have to sleep on office floor

Child neglect and abuse during the coronavirus pandemic create challenges for an already strained foster care system. The growing worry is that the problems go undetected, and even when at-risk children are identified, there aren't enough safe places to put them.
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Child neglect and abuse during the coronavirus pandemic create challenges for an already strained foster care system. The growing worry is that the problems go undetected, and even when at-risk children are identified, there aren't enough safe places to put them.

Reporter : Cullen Browder
Photographer : Darrell Pryor
Web Editor : Matthew Burns
Posted 2021-02-11T07:00:00-0500 - Updated 2021-02-11T18:36:14-0500