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Roxanna Asgarian
Journalist
Roxanna Asgarian is a freelance journalist who writes about child welfare and criminal justice. She is based in Houston, Texas.
Articles
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When a reporter delved into the “hidden foster care” system, she found more questions than answers.
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Topics
Outside of the traditional foster care system exists a shadow system of potentially hundreds of thousands of children removed by CPS to their relatives or family friends—without a court case, monetary support, or due process.
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Child welfare agencies use a shadow system to remove kids from their parents’ care. Nobody knows how many children are placed this way or what happens to them in new homes.