In Episode 3 of Inside Story, our video series for people in prisons and jails, we look at how foster care agencies use federal funds intended for some of our nation’s most vulnerable children.

Host Lawrence Bartley speaks with Malerie Shockley, who spent years in the Alaska foster care system and discovered by chance that the state was collecting benefits owed to her — money that could have helped her pay for safe housing and other essentials. Bartley also hears from Marshall Project Managing Editor Geraldine Sealey, who explains how state agencies comb through their files to find children who are eligible for these benefits. And Professor Daniel Hatcher from the University of Baltimore Law School discusses how children aren’t being notified when their funds are taken and describes legislation intended to protect them.

Read more:
"Foster Care Agencies Take Millions of Dollars Owed to Kids. Most Children Have No Idea."

"Were You Ever in Foster Care? Here’s How to Find Out if the Government Took Your Money"

"The Hidden Trauma of “Short Stays” in Foster Care"

"These Parents Had to Bond With Their Babies Over Zoom — or Lose Them Forever"

Inside Story is a television show from The Marshall Project that broadcasts on CCTV and tablets in prison and jails across the country. Each episode takes viewers inside the stories produced by The Marshall Project, featuring interviews with our award-winning journalists as they discuss their investigations into the U.S. criminal justice system. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeMarshallProject
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