but in the studio with me right now is darrell evora, president and ceo of family services.thank you for being here. the organization has been around it a long time. we're trying to educate people about the foster system, what does it do? >> we are a nonprofit social service mental health agency. you mentioned we're close to 150 years old. we serve about 20,000 children in crisis and their family members in all across the state every year. we have five service hubs, one here in the bay area, one in the capitol region, sacramento and surrounding counties. l.a., san bernardino and then a statewide foster family agency that serves 30 different counties. >> so how does the process work? >> a social worker typically from a department of social services respective county would make a decision along with a judge to remove a child for their safety from the home. the kids are then referred to us. we recruit foster families and attempt to place kids with our families. we prioritize to place kids with real family members. trying to make a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, someone that a