Why Are LA’s Foster Kids More Likely to Be Charged With Crimes? [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 2/10/1612:00 PM

Monserrat Zarza was 15 years old when she was assigned to a group home, only six months after entering the Los Angeles County foster care system. Group homes provide a placement option for hard-to-place children “with significant emotional or behavioral problems,” according to the state of California.

Being in an environment with several dozen other troubled kids was not what Zarza expected when she gathered the courage to pick up her phone and ask for help after a decade of physical and emotional abuse by her mother. She was hoping for a real family home. The idea of a group home scared her.

[For more of this story, written by Carrie Wang and Rachel Kohn, go to http://jjie.org/why-are-los-an...-with-crimes/187907/]

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