DAYTON DAILY NEWS SPECIAL PROJECTS:

Part 1 - Sunday, Sept. 16, 1999: FOSTER-CARE SYSTEM IN CRISIS Children often the last to benefit Difficult kids flood system as government oversight vanishes By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin DAYTON DAILY NEWS Published: Sunday, September 26, 1999 ; Page: 1A Sidebars: EXECUTIVES DEAL IN CHILDREN AND REAL ESTATE Officers buy property, sell it to foster-care agency By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin DAYTON DAILY NEWS Published: Sunday, September 26, 1999 ; Page: 17A AGENCY PRESIDENT STAYS IN CHARGE DESPITE CONVICTION Juvenile justice's confidentiality blanket covers record By Debra Jasper, Elliot Jaspin; and Mike Wagner DAYTON DAILY NEWS Published: Sunday, September 26, 1999 ; Page: 18A Part 2: Monday, September 27, 1999 Foster home turns into party house Former residents say teens had little supervision in foster-care program By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin Dayton Daily News Published: Monday, September 27, 1999 ; Page: 1A

Series staff: Reporters: Debra Jasper, Elliot Jaspin. Photographer: Jan Underwood. Artist: John Hancock. Editors: Vince McKelvey, John Erickson. Design/Layout: MB Hopkins. Copy editor: James Lloyd. Contributing: Mike Wagner, DDN; Janet Jacobs, AustinAmerican- Statesman.

Sidebars: KIDS GET HELP ON ROAD TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY Programs teach basics of living alone By Debra Jasper Dayton Daily News Published: Monday, September 27, 1999 ; Page: 5A

MANY FOSTER CHILDREN SLIP THROUGH CRACKS AT AGE 18 Governments have little follow-up on what happens when kids are on their own By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin Dayton Daily News Published: Monday, September 27, 1999 ; P: 5A

Part 3: Tueday, September 28, 1999 Trading at the child-care bazaar Governments, agencies and parents haggle over the price of caring for kids. By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin - Dayton Daily News Published: Tueday, September 28, 1999 ; Page: 1A Sidebar: CRIMINAL RECORD DOESN'T DISQUALIFY FOSTER PARENTS Child advocates say it's a symptom of misdirected system By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin - DAYTON DAILY NEWS Published: Tuesday, September 28, 1999, Page 4A

Part 4: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 Incentives for reform are few and feeble Flow of government cash overwhelms the urge to overhaul By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin - DAYTON DAILY NEWS Published: Wednesday, September 29, 1999, Page 1A Sidebar: BOTTOM LINE, NOT KIDS' WELFARE, DRIVES FOSTER SYSTEM Nonprofit agencies make profit from public money By Debra Jasper and Elliot Jaspin - DAYTON DAILY NEWS Published: Wednesday, September 29, 1999, Page 9A