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Key Points

     Due to the current drug csis, the rumber of kids in foster mare has reachedi its highest
     level it decades, Mon ststaes ar experienci-g a shortage of licerised foer hones -vail-
     abe to t ake im chi:dren,
     Some poicyri-.akes We orosedt o e[eing more finarcia incentves to arilies willing
     to take n oe chiren. Such incentes soy wok on tl- tiearc$, Ci t th ey sy as
     attrct faiikes to foster -or the  rong reasons.

     The bel way to atract and rertaor foster families w by treaing Mm with gratero  ec.
     Caseworkers ind fami y courts need to do better thi: oiter iureucra'-s in this areai,
     gin foster parents a grater voice i the syitem aod elnsurirg they are given the inks-


marionI they rneed to pr, peiy care for th5.


children in teir hor:e


The nimber of kids in foster care has risen nation-
wide for fiVe coIsecutiveC yCars to alt itost 413,000 in
2017, as shown in Figure iJ These kids need respon-
sofle adults.-sometimes temp.:oratdvy sometimes
pernianetty----to care for tien.
   ft attracting more foster farniit--- and El
right families -is a challenge for every state in the
countryT And it seems to be getting worse, \Ilat
woud really motivate these faster parents? More
noney'? Or, a modicum of respect fromi the child
we~fax'e systemi?
   According to a Chronicle of Social Change relaurt
that collected data o'n 34 states and Washing.on,
DC, between 2011 and >0c7 14 states and LC. saw
a decline in the number of licensed nton- relative
beds or hnnes Ten of those states saw an increase
itn the foster care population daring this same time
frame' In a follow-up survey, tie Chronicle of
Social Change found that several states lost ctp to
2o percent of their nonrelative foster capacity
between 017 and 2,nU in many other states, the


increase in fos ter homes has not been propotion~al
to te increase of,'hidren in need of care.
   The high turnover rates of foster parents also
contabrute to Ohis shortage. Natinal estimates
suggest that 30 to 5o percemt of foster pareits qflnt
within one year of volunteering their setviest For
exantple, a rcent Bo)ston. 13abe invesntigaton found
that 1,000 Mal ssachusetts foster families have
stopped accepting foster children in the past five
years- ahuost as many as the total number of
foster famil]ks curienmty in the systemoS Many
foster parents cite ack of support and guidance
frorn caseworders as reasons for leavig the system..
A report from Oregon noted. The burdens on
eCM 1500 fCste' pare its htt  re, 'rA iet as well,
because they are the primait recruiters for nw
fost-e pareis.
   Most states have responded by increasing the
placenietrt of ftoster children, with r eatines, an
arrangement known as kinship care, Fror o02 to


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