Jeffery Leving: Illinois should follow federal guidance and stop charging parents for their kids' foster care
Briefly

Many are not aware, but most foster care systems around the country force parents to pay the state or county child support if their child is in the foster care system.Many studies have found that this type of arrangement can keep children in foster care for several added months and burden already poor and troubled families with added debt, often for years.
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