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Why Is the Number of Foster Care Kids on the Rise in TN?
Earlier this year, the Commissioner of Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services (DCS) told the state’s governor that “since 2016, there’s been a 10.3 percent increase in the number of kids in foster care.” Commissioner Jennifer Nichols made the statement in the midst of state budget hearings, during which DCS requested $78.2 million in new dollars to help fund the department, which has…
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