Guam foster care crisis deepens amid meth epidemic and rising child removals
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Julianne Hernandez Pacific Daily News
Summary
Guam's child welfare system is facing a severe crisis due to a shortage of foster homes, rising child removals, and a long-standing methamphetamine problem that has persisted for over 30 years. Foster parents and community advocates are urgently calling for more families to step forward as children are left waiting for placements. Bethany Taylor, founder of Harvest House ministry and a veteran foster parent, highlights the critical need for additional foster families to address the growing demand.
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· 2 pulledBethany Taylor, founder of Harvest House ministry for foster children and a foster parent to nearly 100 children over 17 years, said the shortage has left children waiting for homes.
Taylor said she knows of at least...
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