The foster care system in Mississippi has been a source of shame and embarrassment for years, if not decades. That's the bad news.
The good news is that the state appears to be making a good-faith effort to improve conditions for one of the most vulnerable groups of Mississippians -- children who have no family to support them.
Like many injustices, this move was not entirely a voluntary proposition for the state. In 2004, a federal judge ruled Mississippi had failed to provide an adequate and
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