Family
May 19, 2010
Foster Care Suffers Under Budget Cuts
Court Appointed Special Advocate program, which matches volunteers to abused and neglected children in dependency court, was one of the victims of March layoffs in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Michelle Oyler received a late night call from a social worker in March. One of the foster children Oyler represents had gone missing. She suspected the teen had hopped on a train to San Diego to see his girlfriend. But should she go get him? Would that be going beyond her duties as a court volunteer?
In the past, Oyler would have turned to her supervisor at the Los Ang...
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