InvestigateWest just published two news articles on foster care, and the Washington children in out of state facilities.
First, there is a main article about the efforts under way to bring foster children back to Washington from facilities belonging to Sequel, a troubled provider, and from out-of-state facilities in general. You can read that article here https://www.invw.org/2020/12/02/washington-misses-its-deadline-to-bring-foster-kids-home-from-troubled-out-of-state-group-facilities/
Second, they’ve produced an article about the experiences of Washington foster youth at Sequel facilities, here https://www.invw.org/2020/12/02/washington-foster-kids-detail-abuse-at-sequel-group-homes/