. . Children are not supposed to pay for their own foster care: That’s the government’s job. But the state has been taking disability benefits as well as survivor benefits and Veterans Affairs benefits meant for children whose parents have died, ostensibly to pay for just that.
Emily Reinig, a consultant who worked on the institute’s report, called the practice of taking foster kids’ benefit money shameful, predatory, and a violation of due process and equal protection rights. . .
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Children are not supposed to pay for their own foster care: That’s the government’s job. But the state has been taking disability benefits as well as survivor benefits and Veterans Affairs benefits meant for children whose parents have died, ostensibly to pay for just that.
>Emily Reinig, a consultant who worked on the institute’s report, called the practice of taking foster kids’ benefit money shameful, predatory, and a violation of due process and equal protection rights.
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