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lit i V uiti t a iiv vtn concern, no group zeroing in on the problem, the Welfare Department is vulnerable,” she maintained.

For years. Welfare workers here have had difficulties coming up with foster homes. With an influx of CHINS, the demand can rapidly outpace the supply.

Many of the children referred to the Welfare Department under the Juvenile Code revisions are adolescents in trouble—they may have a history of running away, of drug or alcohol use, of sexual promiscuity or may be beyond parental control for a combination of factors. Even foster parents who’ve taken in other children in the past balk at accepting this kind of responsibility.

Most of the referrals of CHINS to Rappahannock’s Welfare Department come through the schools. "The courts are reluctant to refer

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