Expert: Reform for U.S. Child-Welfare System Needed Despite being a prosperous nation, the United States fails to care for its youngest and neediest, a child-welfare expert says. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund.

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Expert: Reform for U.S. Child-Welfare System Needed

February 10, 200312:00 AM ET

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Despite being a prosperous nation, the United States fails to care for its youngest and neediest, a child-welfare expert says. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund.