According to the 2023 State of Child Welfare report, placement into foster care and the overall foster care population has continued to decline and is the lowes
by Elise Persont rate in five years.
In addition, the data shows Pennsylvania currently has its highest rate of children being placed in kinship care. Families United Network is a service provider that works with children in the child welfare system, including those in foster care. “The decline in foster home it’s causing the counties to look harder at kinship and push harder for kinship,” Brubaker said.
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