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June 9, 2025

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Protesters carry a sign at a May 2022 protest at LOVE Park after City Council released a scathing reports on the Department of Human Services’ lapses in caring for children. (Josh Childs)

Will Philly finally fix its foster care system?

Billy PennBy KleincommJune 9, 2025

For years, people with intimate knowledge of foster care practices at the Department of Human Services cited similar problems: random and subjective decision-making, the confusion of poverty and neglect, an unstable workforce riven by turnover — and more.

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