Charge the parents with crimes. Do not institute a bureaucracy wielding unconstitutional powers.
Consider the data in post 7.
I agree it’s abusive and corrupt.
But OK, the parents are charged with crimes, what happens to the kids?
FWIW, I knew people who abused the system and did it just for the money, and I’ve heard far too many horror stories of those kids who CPS completely ignored and died from their abuse.
And I know one FANTASTIC Christian couple who fostered man, many kids, most of whom came to Christ and other Christian couples who were good foster parents. ONe of them told me once that if a child has been in the foster care system for more than 2 years, it was guaranteed they had been sexually abused during that time.
Still, what is the answer when kids are being sexually, physically abused and living in disgusting, filthy conditions?
The need for foster parents is legitimate. But as everything the government manages, it’s 99% mismanaged and the kids get further abused.