PACEs in Youth Justice

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Drug epidemic taking a toll on children services agencies [WFMJ.com]

Samantha Sangenito 9/14/166:02 AM

The drug problems in the Mahoning Valley are not improving according to local children's services agencies that are left to care of innocent children, who've fallen victim to addiction.

"We see the impact of the crisis every day," said Tim Schaffner with Trumbull County Children Services.

About a year and a half ago, local agencies began experiencing increases in the number of cases opened due to drugs.

While most times, children services agencies are able to place these kids with other family members, they do take custody about 20% of the time.

In the past few months, Columbiana County has had to take custody of more kids. They've gone from about 60 children to 85, with 33% of those cases opened because of drugs.

[For more of this story, written by Kate Keller, go to http://www.wfmj.com/story/3307...en-services-agencies]

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