In Foster Care, 'Short Stays' Can Mean Lasting Trauma

In Foster Care, 'Short Stays' Can Mean Lasting Trauma
(Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
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children usually arrived in the dead of night, silent and terrified.

For two years, Daniel Derkacs and Ashley Keiler-Green, foster parents in Albuquerque, New Mexico, regularly took in kids whose parents were suspected of abusing or neglecting them. Sometimes, as the couple scrambled to find pajamas for their latest house guest, they couldn’t help but wonder if they’d just met a child who would be with them for years to come. Read Full Article »


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