Cook County Public Guardian Patrick Murphy charged in a JuvenileCourt petition Aug. 13 that the Illinois Department of Children andFamily Services refused to place a 15-year-old black girl in a whitefoster home in Wisconsin because of race.
But child welfare officials in both states rarely approvecross-state placements in any case, officials said.
In a July 29 letter to Murphy's office, the Wisconsin Departmentof Health and Family Services also had said it wouldn't approve theteen's placement.And DCFS quit approving such placements several years agobecause of the soaring costs and the difficulty of monitoring thehomes, said DCFS Director Jess McDonald."If (Murphy) wants to make the connection to race in this case,it's strained at best," McDonald said.
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