Federal report issued Thursday criticizes Missouri foster care system

Friday, October 1, 2021

LIBERTY, Mo. -- Missouri's child welfare agency does not properly report children who are missing from foster care and does not follow protocols designed to ensure foster children who are found do not go missing again, according to a federal report issued Thursday.

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