SPOKANE, Wash. — A nonprofit organization that helps foster children graduate high school has lost millions in state funding, leaving counties across Eastern Washington without a vital resource that supported vulnerable teens through graduation and beyond.

Treehouse for Kids announced it lost almost $7.5 million in state funding for its graduation success program, forcing the organization to cut half its staff in Spokane and suspend services in all Eastern Washington counties except Spokane. The organization says cuts affect up to 150 foster children in Eastern Washington who relied on weekly visits and educational support from the organization.

"The hardest part is our children suffer, our foster youth suffer from abandonment issues... and knowing that we have to say goodbye," said Kath

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