Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
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.