Foster parents call for improved child welfare laws in Washington

A group of foster parents went to Olympia on Tuesday, calling on legislators to change state laws that they believe are harmful to children.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — About a dozen foster parents gathered on Tuesday on the steps of the state Capitol in Olympia to call for change. They say the state should do more to protect children and would like to see changes to what they say is a harmful state law.

They are referring to the Keeping Families Together Act (HB 1227) which went into effect in July 2023. 

“We call it the Keeping Families Together Act, but we are doing the

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