1.   Along with Nikki, their little sister, they have endured two unsuccessful adoptions, after which they were returned to foster care.

2.   And there is a relentless economic logic to foster care, the one program that has become the linchpin of local services for children.

3.   After the third death in December, Children Services moved quickly to remove the three adopted children and the biological grandchild from the Moreland household to foster care.

4.   But the state has not yet measured how many of the children sent home have been readmitted to foster care.

5.   But the share of voluntarily placed youngsters among all children admitted to foster care has inched up slightly.

6.   But this family -- willing and able to take the kids -- has been split up, the youngest two parcelled out to foster care.

7.   Citywide, just as involuntary admissions to foster care have declined in recent years, so have the number of voluntary placements.

8.   Curley Barron threw up her hands and returned her niece and nephew to foster care.

9.   Drug-addicted mothers in the program must complete treatment or risk losing their children to foster care.

10.   Following the counsel of her priest, she consents to take in the two girls but plans to turn the brothers over to foster care.