Foster Care System
* Re “County Foster Care System ‘Broken,’ Grand Jury Reports,” July 1: Our foster care system’s main problem is caseload. Not even Superman could handle the outrageously high caseloads L.A. social workers are supposed to cope with. If we really care about these children, hire more social workers to bring the caseloads down to 12 (like New York) instead of four times that number.
There are hundreds of truly dedicated men and women out there on the front lines, working with everything they’ve got to help these children, but they are simply overwhelmed. This in turn leads to constant turnover, because of the frustration and heartbreak of trying to help these children under circumstances that just won’t let you do a good job.
BARBARA S. CROSS
Santa Monica
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