But it says many such children are languishing in the system because the agencies and courts are overworked.

The institute works with policy makers to remove the bureaucratic obstacles that force children to languish in foster care.

While the district has succeeded far better than many public school systems in integrating buildings, within those buildings black children languish behind classmates of other races.

She wanted to find out why so many children freed for adoption were languishing in foster care.

Consequently, the children languish for years in secure detention facilities only to be released as adults with the same untreated mental problems.

Many children languished in foster care for years, with little hope for permanent homes.

Overworked judges have been occasionally tone-deaf to the complexity of their problems and children languish in foster care because cases are frequently postponed.

As a result, children in this country languish while abortion thrives.

"If those plans are not timely implemented, children will languish in unsafe placements," the report said.

"The parents suffer an injustice, the children languish in care, and the judicial process is sorely undermined."