053119 Underwood Foster Care (GS)

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) shakes hands with Susan McConnell the executive director of Let It Be Us, Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) listens to a foster parent talk Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) listens to a foster parent talk Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) listens to a foster parent talk Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) listens to a foster parent talk Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media People listen to U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and foster parents talk Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) listens to a foster parent talk Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.

Underwood Foster Care Roundtable

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Foster parent Duane Sherman of Crystal LAke asks U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) a question Friday afternoon, May 31. 2019, during a roundtable discussion on the foster care system at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. The recent tragic death of Andrew “AJ” Freund from Crystal Lake sparked Underwood to work to improve the foster care system that failed AJ by strengthening policies to protect children and foster youth who experience abuse.