The number of kids entering the foster care system rose as the opioid crisis swept across the US. From 2000 to 2017, there was a 147% increase in foster care entries due to parents' drug use, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics.
Couple fosters 13 children left by addicted parentsThe study looked at the number of foster care entries in the nationwide Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System. The study did not count the number of children -- an important distinction, as some children may have been entered in the database multiple times, the researchers noted.
Furthermore, the researchers only had information up until 2017, the year with the most recent data available from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System.Ruth has treated foster care children through a national volunteer counseling program."I don't see anything stopping this very unfortunate trend ... it's been escalating," Ruth said in regard to foster cases related to parental drug use.
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