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LA's DCFS director explains the decision to remove a child from their home
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May 27, 2015
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LA's DCFS director explains the decision to remove a child from their home
One of the most difficult challenges authorities can face is deciding whether a parent is a threat to his or her child.
Social worker Alfred McCloud knocks on the front door of a home in south L.A. to check on a toddler. McCloud works the night shift with the Department of Child and Family Services' Emergency Response Team.
Social worker Alfred McCloud knocks on the front door of a home in south L.A. to check on a toddler. McCloud works the night shift with the Department of Child and Family Services' Emergency Response Team.
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One of the most difficult challenges authorities can face is deciding whether a parent is a threat to his or her child. 

One of the most difficult challenges authorities can face is deciding whether a parent is a threat to his or her child. 

Of the 36,000 children in the foster care system in Los Angeles County, about 20,000 are living under the care of someone other than a biological parent. 

Philip Browning, director of the Department of Child and Family Services for L.A. County, joins Take Two for a conversation about how to know when to remove a child from his or her home.

This is Part 2 of our two-part series on the foster care system in L.A. To hear Part 1, click here.