Agreed.  It is time to think very creatively here:   not the old-school  Orphanages,  but why not a new community based model:  We have day care for the youngest and for our seniors.  Can we not develop a model that uses the same facilities and modified for Children and Youth at risk?  Whether short term or long term -  this could be much more transparent and subject to oversight and standards.  Every community could benefit for a hybrid Daycare/ Senior Daycare-Respite care for Caregivers/Children-at-Risk-Care.   If these youths trapped in the system could see themselves as part of the greater community response in inter-generational terms, then we might be able stabilize their prospects.