Lawmakers pass foster care bills
WDTN - Dayton, OH, June 27, 2007.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - State lawmakers have passed legislative proposals designed to improve safety and accountability in the state's foster care system.
The bills follow high-profile cases last year including the death of a 3-year-old boy left bound in a closet by his foster parents and the conviction of a couple who kept some of their eleven adopted, special-needs children in cages.
1 of the bills adds protections for children in foster care, improves coordination among government agencies to prevent children from being placed in dangerous homes and eases moving children out of homes where conditions go wrong.
Another steps up the state's ability to check the criminal backgrounds of potential foster parents and enhances the training provided by the state.
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