Foster parents needed in Washington County

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (NEWS10) - For the last 10 years, Washington County has relied on external contract agencies to take care of children in need of foster care and respite homes. Kids in the foster system need a safe place, often coming out of traumatic or abusive home situations.

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Now, the county Department of Social Services is taking the work of matching kids to safe homes back into its own hands.