Re "County cuts off foster agency," May 14
Why has it taken Los Angeles County so long to pull the money plug on Teens Happy Home, a private foster-care organization that audits and a Times report have shown spends money questionably and has a record of abuse and neglect?
The county should employ outsiders to audit all such foster-care contractors and to interview, randomly, all children to see how they are being treated.
Until a system of regular auditing and accountability is adopted, the county risks have more foster-care contractors spending money wildly while neglecting the children.
