I get the impression this is a sparsely populated area-? After all, it’s 26 miles to where he was booked. I doubt there are many potential foster parents lined up.
So, the question is, why weren’t they placed with the relatives sooner? (Which is generally the first preference, if suitable.) Rather than the DCFS director seeming to state he’s anti about moving kids, at all. "You shouldn’t take a child out of home just because it’s dirty.” This wasn’t just dirty.
Foster care isn’t all bad stories, btw. There are problem adults and many good ones.