Weekend Listen: Washington made it harder for CPS to separate families. Critics say kids are less safe

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Removing a child from their home can be very harmful for them.

And historically, child welfare workers were much more likely to take Black and Native American children away from their birth parents than other kids.

So, over the last several years, Washington state made policy changes to keep more birth families together.

But now, critics say those changes have gone too far and made children less safe, and they should be reversed.

A note to listeners: This story discusses child abuse and death.

Read Eilis’s story here.

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