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Summit County Children’s Services warns of foster‑care crisis; asks Barberton residents to consider fostering
Summary
Sandy DeLuca of Summit County Children's Services told Barberton leaders and residents that the county has 840 children in custody with roughly 130–135 foster families and urged more local foster parents, noting ZIP 44203 contributed 166 children last year but had only five foster families.
At the July 7 Committee of the Whole meeting, Sandy DeLuca of Summit County Children's Services briefed council and attendees on what she called a countywide foster‑care crisis and urged residents to consider becoming foster parents.
"We have over 840 children from this county in our custody this week," DeLuca said. She said Summit County had almost 9,300 children receiving services in…
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