Foster children sue Department of Children’s Services in class action lawsuit

A group of Tennessee foster children is suing the state in a class action lawsuit, which claims the Department of Children’s Services fails the children it is supposed to protect.

Thirteen children currently in foster care, ages 1 to 16, filed the lawsuit on behalf of more than 9000 children in Tennessee’s foster care system.

The children are represented by a national non-profit advocacy organization out of New York, A Better Childhood, which has said it uses the courts to reform dysfunctional child welfare systems around the country…

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