A Fatal Collision: The Opioid Epidemic and the Dismantling of Child Protection Services in Washington State
Child Welfare Monitor
JANUARY 13, 2025
On August 24, 2024, the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) proudly announced in a press statement that it had reduced the number of children in out-of-home care by nearly half since 2018. Specifically, the number of children in foster care had fallen from 9,171 in 2018 to 4,971 as of August 14, 2024.
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