North Carolina's child welfare system can leave children and families in the cracks and without protection. An investigation by Carolina Public Press exposes the shortcomings of the system and what advocates have been saying for years. Tim Boyum talks with Kate Martin, investigatve reporter with Carolina Public Press, Karen McLeod, long-time child welfare advocate with Benchmarks N.C., and Gaile Osborn, executive director of Foster Family Alliance, and a foster parent herself.

Read the Carolina Public Press series here.