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The Illinois “Public Guardian’s” big little lie

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Children can be held in foster care for months before a court ever decides if the child was, in fact, abused or neglected. And, of course, overwhelmingly, the allegation is neglect and that often means simply that the family was poor.) Such a panic has swept through the state , creating an artificial “shortage” of foster homes.