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Note: This is part two of a three-part look by columnists and former foster youth Waln Brown and John Seita about the darker side of foster care in America. Click here to read Part One, and click here to read Part Three.

Note: This is part one of a three-part look by columnists and former foster youth Waln Brown and John Seita about the darker side of foster care in America. Click here to read Part Two, and click here to read Part Three.

Research released recently on California’s child welfare system projects the potential for future increases in foster care rolls, driven by the number of Latino children taken into foster care. In most states, Latino children have historically been underrepresented in foster care relative to their numbers in the general population.