States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says

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Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment.

Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment, the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said in a report Wednesday.The findings come as hotel heiress Paris Hilton heads to Congress to lobby in person on the problem.

The most expensive care, which can cost hundreds of dollars a day or more, involves a residential treatment facility — essentially a group home for children. Those children sometimes have complex medical or behavioral needs.In recent years, those facilities have come under scrutiny. Hilton planned to address the House Ways and Means Committee about the abuse she endured at one of those facilities as a child, during a hearing that will look at strengthening oversight of the facilities.

 

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