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Audit: Louisiana spending $92K a child on services for foster children

— Louisiana spent at least $92.7 million on residential behavioral health services for 1,004 foster children during fiscal years 2023 through 2025, or about $92,000 per child according to a new state auditor's report.

Managed care entities paid $68.3 million of that total, while the Department of Children and Family Services paid $24.4 million. Auditors said it is unclear whether some of the money …

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