Is Washington Failing Vulnerable Children?
In 2023, the legislature passed the Keeping Families Together Act. The intent was good: stop removing kids from homes over poverty, over dirty dishes, over a parent who’s struggling but trying. But cops and caseworkers have taken it to an absurd extreme. A child can test positive for fentanyl, and if the parents promise to do better, that child goes home. The standard is “imminent physical harm.” In practice, that means almost nothing qualifies.
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