Download New Report on Connecting Kids in Foster Care to Families
Download Every Kid Needs a Family: Giving Children in the Child Welfare System the Best Chance for Success, the latest KIDS COUNT Policy Report.
Download Every Kid Needs a Family: Giving Children in the Child Welfare System the Best Chance for Success, the latest KIDS COUNT Policy Report.
After a decade of steady decline, the number of children in foster care increased from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, there were approximately 402,000 children in the system.
In 2013, a total of 238,547 children exited the foster care system. Two out of three (66%) of those exiting care were either reunified with their parents or primary caretakers, other relatives or guardians; and 21% were adopted.
Interview
Tracey Feild, director and manager of the Child Welfare Strategy Group, discusses child welfare funding reform.
The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative's work to help young people make successful transitions from foster care to adulthood is supported by a network of co-investors.
Blog Post
Child Trends reviews the Casey Foundation's proposal to reform child welfare financing, and our recommendations are found to be sound.
A new infographic from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative shows the high cost of doing nothing about our federal financing system for child welfare.
Foster care is a temporary living situation for children whose parents can't take care of them and whose need for care has come to the attention of child welfare. Learn more about foster care and foster parents here.
The Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative offer recommendations that would transform federal funding for child welfare systems to support better outcomes for kids and families while maintaining the existing overall funding level.
At a Capitol Hill policy briefing, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative presented a new approach to reforming federal financing to encourage states to improve their child welfare practices.
