State lawmakers are questioning how the Department of Human Services is trying to get a handle on the foster care crisis, raising concerns about delayed payments and a more than $300 million foster care technology platform that doesn’t fully work.

Lawmakers are supposed to provide oversight of state agencies, and they’re trying to push for changes in the state’s troubled foster care system of nearly 6,000 children.

On Tuesday, some members of the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability were particularly troubled to learn that DoHS is still struggling to pay foster care providers on time, including agencies that drive foster children to see their family members and run group homes.

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