Valdez: DCS removes the most kids from high poverty ZIP codes. That's no coincidence

If Arizona wants to keep children out of the child welfare system, it should make alleviating poverty a public policy priority.

The evidence is in the areas of Maricopa County with the highest number of children being removed from their homes.

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Not because there are more abused or neglected kids in these areas, but because the poor are less able to afford the lawyers to fight back.