Analysis: Foster care to adoption

From: NPR Talk of the Nation | Date: May 17, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

FRANK STASIO
NPR Talk of the Nation
05-17-2005
Analysis: Foster care to adoption

Host: FRANK STASIO
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

FRANK STASIO, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Frank Stasio in Washington, sitting in for Neal Conan.

When it comes to caring for our children, America has a dark side. There are over half a million children in foster care in this country, and states across the nation are struggling to provide them with safe and stable homes. Many of these young people suffer from serious mental and emotional problems because of abuse and neglect, and they spend years bouncing from one ...

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