Analysis: State of foster care in America

From: Talk of the Nation (NPR) | Date: August 14, 2001| Author: STEVE INSKEEP | Copyright information


NPR Talk of the Nation

08-14-2001

Analysis: State of foster care in America

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

It's TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Steve Inskeep, in for Juan Williams.

Hundreds of thousands of children remain in foster care in the United States. It seems bizarre in a country full of people who want to adopt kids, but foster children tend to have problems with no easy solutions. Many foster kids...

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