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Date Added: June 30, 2008 08:08:03 PM
Approximately 1,000 Louisiana children live in child residential facilities. They were placed there because they come from abusive homes or from families who can no longer care for them. Yet, many of these children have gone from the frying pan into the fire, according to a recent study.

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