MARYLAND (WBFF) — Maryland will no longer house foster youth in hotels, a much-criticized practice even before a 16-year-old foster girl was found dead a month ago in a Residence Inn in East Baltimore.
As of Monday, six youth remained in hotels, said Maryland Department of Human Services Secretary Rafael J. López. He has issued a directive to local social services agencies that they must place them elsewhere by Nov. 24.
“One young person in a hotel is one too many,” López told The Baltimore Sun. “We wanted to end the practice once and for all.”…