The systematic mistreatment of children in the foster care system : through the cracks

The child protective system -- The educational system -- Sharon : preventing placement in a state psychiatric hospital -- John : struggling to stabilize placementwith a parent -- James : stabilizing placement with relatives -- Silvia and Carlos : placing siblings together in a foster home -- Robert : living at the county emergency shelter -- Debra : supplementing the appropriate program -- Patty : funding a unique program -- Anthony : advocating for foster home placement -- David : working with a court-appointed special advocate to reuniate separated siblings -- Directions for change