Kent County foster care program calls for help

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (WOOD) — A political stalemate in Lansing has put the future of Kent County’s foster care program in jeopardy.

During recent budget negotiations, West Michigan Partnership for Children was stripped of its $2 million in state funding.

Despite WMPC’s best efforts to convince lawmakers to restore its funding, the nonprofit foster care system will have no choice but to begin transferring its case load back to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as soon as next week.

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