A reader writes:

I wrote you guys earlier in the year to say we in St Louis had dealt with our first case of a family giving up custody of their child because they did not have the financial capability to care for the child. However, this scenario never became an epidemic or even a trend ... at least in St. Louis city.

I place emphasis on "city" because St. Louis City is its own municipal county and entity. The surrounding counties - St. Louis County, St. Charles County and Jefferson County - have the majority of lower-middle class and middle class families living there. For their offices, incoming cases have skyrocketed.

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