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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The number of foster children has dropped from 425,000 to…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Rep. Moore Questions HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. During HHS Budget Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:08

We have programs at HHS that are funding substance abuse, which is one of the primary reasons families are losing their children. And partially as a result of the programs that we have in place, The number of foster children has dropped from 425,000 to 325,000. And it's because we're focused on keeping them with their family of origin, which is where they belong. It really is. (03:08–03:14)

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