Washington Post Article: "How a baby, now 4 months old, was left without a name"

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Executive Director Marla Spindel discusses how this happened in the context of CFSA diverting a child to live informally with a relative rather than removing the child to foster care.

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Washington Post Article: “How a baby, now 4 months old, was left without a name”

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