Vermont’s foster care IT system predates the internet — and puts kids at risk
A colorized screenshot from a Department for Children and Families’ Powerpoint presentation shows the department’s primary system for tracking kids in the foster system, called SSMIS, which was created in the early 1980s. Photo illustration by Natalie Williams/VTDigger Erinn Rolland-Forkey has been a foster parent in Vermont for about 25 years, and has been active …