{"id":277758,"date":"2023-06-16T08:14:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=277758"},"modified":"2023-06-16T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T16:12:05","slug":"nevada-casino-hotels-temporarily-house-foster-kids-despite-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nevada-casino-hotels-temporarily-house-foster-kids-despite-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Casino Hotels Temporarily House Foster Kids Despite Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a half-dozen foster children<\/a> were placed temporarily in Nevada casino hotels earlier this year. The kids resided in the largely rural region of northeastern Nevada.<\/p>\n

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Royel Johnson, a USC professor and expert on foster children, pictured above. He is concerned about foster kids placed in Nevada casino hotels. (Image: USC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ideally, they would have been assigned to approved families or facilities in the region.<\/p>\n

But given the shortage of foster homes for teens and younger children, an estimated seven to nine kids were housed at the unnamed casino hotels during portions of an 89-day period, which concluded last month, according to KFF Health News<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A single state employee was assigned to oversee each child while they stayed in the hotel. That also led to concerns about costs.<\/p>\n

It appears the children are no longer staying at the casino hotels and were reassigned to other settings.<\/p>\n

Inappropriate Location for Foster Kids<\/h2>\n

Are casinos an appropriate placement for these at-risk children?<\/p>\n

It is hard to imagine any circumstance where it would be appropriate to place young people in foster care in casino lodging,\u201d<\/strong> Royel M. Johnson, an associate professor of education and social work at USC, told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He points out that the purpose of foster care is to provide temporary out-of-home placement for children and teens who have experienced abuse or neglect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing about casino culture that is appropriate for youth generally, but especially not our most vulnerable youth,\u201d Johnson added.<\/p>\n

Casinos expose these children to a culture that prioritizes such adult activities as drinking alcohol, gambling, exotic entertainment, and other age-inappropriate things, according to Johnson.<\/p>\n

Exposure begets normalization and can increase one\u2019s likelihood of premature engagement in these activities. It also is important to acknowledge that young people in foster care already experience a high risk of teen pregnancy, substance abuse, and incarceration — this kind of placement certainly does not reduce their odds.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More generally, casinos already ban children from entering gaming floors, and casinos also prevent children of players from being left unattended<\/a> in cars while adults gamble.<\/p>\n

National Concerns<\/h2>\n

In many states beyond Nevada, there is a shortage of appropriate housing for foster children.<\/p>\n

Between 2021 and 2022, there was a drop in more than half of the states in the number of licensed foster homes, The Imprint<\/em>, a social service publication reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Nevada, the number of licensed foster homes dropped by about 18% over the time period, according to KFF Health News<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Brandy Holbrook, a manager for Nevada\u2019s Division of Child and Family Services who works out of Elko<\/a>, said the start of 2023 saw the worst shortages of homes for foster kids she ever saw in the region during the last two decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“For this whole [Elko] county, it’s a total of 12 beds, and there’s zero open,” Holbrook told KFF Health News<\/em> in April. “Literally no kids in this county could stay in their community.”<\/p>\n

To remedy the situation, Nevada\u2019s Division of Child and Family Services is considering lessening requirements for approved foster homes.<\/p>\n

More immediately, to prevent placing children in casino hotels, the state bought a house in Reno to shelter a limited number of foster children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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