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"Children sleeping on cots and air mattresses in the conference room of Philadelphia's Department of Human Services (DHS) office is heartbreaking and outrageous.
But Philadelphia is not an outlier," writes Samantha Melamed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Melamed reports the number of children who've spent at least one night in DHS' office because there's no other place they can stay has tripled in the city.
It's not surprising since the US spends less on children than most of the world's other developed nations.
Child welfare agencies are overwhelmed and struggling to find foster homes for infants and teens.
While demand for alternative lodging is still high, DHS has been removing fewer children from their homes.
That has prompted housing providers to reduce the number of available beds.
Meanwhile, one facility closed, abuse scandals forced DHS to pull children from other facilities, and the city's only treatment center for troubled youths was shut down after a 17-year-old boy was killed in a confrontation with staffers.
"It is beyond belief that this is how a country of such wealth and innovation treats its most vulnerable children," writes Melamed.
"Something must give when children are dying, being abused, and sleeping in government office buildings because there is no other place for them."
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