These foster youths say the state of Alaska pocketed thousands of dollars that belonged to them Nationwide, government agencies take money owed to foster children with disabilities or a deceased parent, The Marshall Project and NPR found. And most kids never know it’s gone. Author: Eli Hager, The Marshall Project with Joseph Shapiro, NPR Published 2 hours ago
Print article Tristen Hunter was 16 and preparing to leave foster care in Juneau, when a social worker mentioned that the state agency responsible for protecting him had been taking his money for years. Tristen Hunter, 21, outside the skate park he says he ’grew up at. ’ Photographed April 12 in Juneau. (Ash Adams for The Marshall Project and NPR)