Child Welfare System – Michigan

Kent County developing model to privatize foster care; state may follow plan, By Rick Wilson, October 11, 2013, Grand Rapids Press: “Kent County is on its way to being the first entity in the state to completely privatize child welfare services – possibly creating a model for the rest of Michigan – with the hope of improving the lives of children in the foster care system. The plan, outlined during a Thursday, Oct. 10 presentation to the county commission, is based on streamlining services for abuse and neglected children by relaying on the five private, non-profit agencies that already provides foster care in the county…”