Friday, March 2, 2018

Arizona Daily Star takes on how to fix foster care

It's unusual to see two large newspapers in one state take on massive projects about child welfare. It's even more unusual to see both newspapers do it really well.  Last year, the Arizona Republic did excellent stories, such as this one and this one. about decades of failure in Arizona child welfare.

Now the Arizona Daily Star has published the first parts of a three-week series on how to fix child welfare in Arizona (which turns out to be how to fix child welfare everywhere).  The stories are an excellent guide to reform.  This video offers an overview: