ACS: Welfare or Victimization?
PRODUCED BY KONSTANTIN SYOMIN and HAYA FATIMA IQBAL
ACS: WELFARE OR VICTIMIZATION
Social structures meant to protect children often become obstacles to the well being of those very same kids. Caught up, stuck in this bureaucratic cycle, parents and kids find an already difficult life increasingly more difficult. The Garcia family is one of many trapped within this system.
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