The candidate heard about a grandson whose Medicaid-funded service hours were halved and how a mother of two disabled sons worries about cuts still to come, as Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor shared her own family’s struggles to care for her dad.
Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor tells supporters Monday she'll restore Medicaid funding cut by President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
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OUR SERIES: Struggling for support
Virginia’s child welfare system is meant to protect children from abuse and neglect, but it can sometimes struggle to provide the safety, stability and permanent homes they need.
In this special report, Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Dave Ress examines the system through the experiences of children, foster families and others working to help. The stories explore where Virginia is falling short, the human consequences of those failures and possible ways forward.
The children, a 5- and 7-year-old brother and sister, had been in the foster care system for two years at that point. They’d already been in seven different placements.
Stephanie Lynch, executive director of Virginia Kids Belong: “The child welfare system is so underfunded, the workers are so underpaid. There is just not enough to do the kind of diligent case management that’s required."
Virginia Kids Belong, a nonprofit that tries to find families to love and care for children in foster care, thought you'd like to meet some of the young people they work with.
In a recent series, The Times-Dispatch examined how Virginia responds to suspected abuse and neglect, what happens to children who enter foster care and why results differ so widely among localities.
Turnout this summer in districts Democrats are targeting to flip was significantly higher than in the much-energized summer of 2024.
Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor tells supporters Monday she'll restore Medicaid funding cut by President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
