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According to Ms. Burnside, “When
we remove kids from a home, we use
what's handy...garbage bags.
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It
sends a message that we don't value
their things.&rldquo;
Ms. Burnside said there is no fund-
ing to buy the children suitcases.
DSS only removes children from a
home when they are in imminent
danger, Ms. Burnside said. Often,
social workers have no time to
search for a suitcase the family may
not own.
Ms.
Burnside spoke of one social
worker who removed three children
from a home and had to put their be-
longings in torn paper bags.
“A lot of kids already in foster
care who move don't have anything
to put their stuff in either,” Ms.
Burnside said. “(When we give them
a suitcase) it's a little more respect-
ful for the kids.”
After Aubyn heard Ms.
Burnside
asking her family for suitcases on
several occasions, sh Suitcases For Kids WENIH