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Care and protection residences are meant to help children with nowhere else to go. Instead, official reports show those kids are experiencing increased serious physical, sexual or emotional harm.
While state care is a necessary last resort for many, horror stories have painted a bleak picture of the system that operates behind a veil of secrecy. But as Cason Ho writes, change may be afoot.
Child safety departments knowingly leave some children with carers who have had serious concerns raised about them, insiders say. In some states, foster and kinship carers don't even have a working with children check.
A woman was left without food and had to beg to access her money while under state care. But gag laws prevent her from sharing her story, so it's illegal for us to identify her.