Melvina Snead presents duffel and shoulder bags to Portsmouth Department of Social Services Interim Executive Director Jackie Scott and members of her staff Michelle Sherrod and Sharon Goforth. The bags are to be provided to youth when they are removed from their homes by Child Protective Services. Each bag contains age-appropriate toiletries. Historically, trash bags have been used when a child was removed, which further traumatized young people.
The Virginia General Assembly has mandated that children in foster care be provided with an item of luggage. Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court, through the generosity of an anonymous donor, is pleased to provide the luggage.
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