In Episode 9 of Dual: The True Cost of Care, we visit Stephanie and La’Mena in Florida. A mother and daughter facing a very common, but unspoken question of “who knows my child best?” In Florida, decisions about a child's care and who provides that care are most often left to the state, but Stephanie is refusing to accept that.

This episode is about a mother fighting for her child’s care in a system that often leaves families out of decisions and forces them to ask: what happens when my child ages out of support? Who can I trust to care for my child? If the state doesn't cover this, will I have to step in?

Watch now to learn more about Stephanie and La’Mena’s story, and the true cost of a system that treats care like a privilege instead of a right. 

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Join us next week for Episode 10, where we meet a seventy year old person in North Carolina navigating co-pays, claims, and the realities of nursing home care.

This project was filmed and edited by District Film Co.