Court System Backlogs Leave Foster Families in the Lurch 2020-09-23

The Takeaway

Court System Backlogs Leave Foster Families in the Lurch

Although virtual hearings were often substituted, family courts are administered at the local level, meaning responses to the pandemic were inconsistent.

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