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Search results for "Department of Children and Family Services delinquency" ...
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Falling through the cracks
Philadelphia reports that "when an intrepid do-gooder wanders into the labyrinth that is Philadelphia family Court, she learns more about the system -- and the kids it handles -- than she bargained for."
Tags: Department of Human Services; lawyers; poverty; troubled children; juvenile delinquents; justice
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Troubled Kids
A year of persistent reporting gained inside access to the Juvenile Court System, laying the foundation for an in-depth investigation that revealed an unsettling statistic: a third of kids in trouble with the law suffer from mental disabilities, the majority of whom go without treatment due to lack of facilities.
Tags: TAPE TRANSCRIPT CAR juvenile crime; mental health; Department of Children and Family Services delinquency