Foster homes are intended to offer a safe, caring, and nurturing environment for the children they serve. Tragically, these expectations are not always met. When those entrusted to protect children betray this trust, the experience can be deeply scarring, resulting in traumatic impacts that may last for a lifetime. If you were physically, sexually, or […]
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When children are placed into foster care or become wards of the state, they rely on their appointed guardians to provide physical safety, food security, and emotional stability—fundamental things that all children deserve. Guardians appointed by the State of Washington have a legal duty to provide necessities and a safe environment to the children in […]
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Foster homes and group homes are supposed to be safe havens. Tragically, far too many children suffer sexual abuse, physical violence, chronic neglect, and relentless emotional cruelty while wards of the state. Long after the bruises fade, survivors often struggle with post-traumatic stress, depression, substance abuse, and chronic health issues. Personality disorders have also been […]
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The Washington foster care abuse lawyers at Fuller & Fuller stand with survivors. For more than 50 years, our family-led firm has fought to protect the rights of those harmed by others, including children and adults who have suffered abuse in Washington’s foster care system. If you suspect a child you know is suffering from […]
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There are around 400,000 children in the foster care system in the United States. Under the most ideal circumstances, children in foster care are provided a safe and loving environment in which they can flourish. Tragically, however, far too many children never get that chance. Instead, abuse and neglect become their daily realities. According to […]
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