Foster Care by Race
Black children are over 2 times more likely to have a foster care placement than the whole child population; American Indian children are 3 times more likely.
The brief shows the efforts of the Casey-CSSP Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare to reduce disparities and the disproportionate number of children and youth of color in the custody of child welfare agencies.
Black and American Indians are more likely to be investigated by child welfare than any other race/ethnicity. Whites, Asians and Hispanics are less likely to be involved in the child welfare system the deeper into the system you go.