Foster Care System – IRP Poverty Dispatch

New report highlights deficiency in state foster care systems, By Lauren Sausser, May 19, 2015, Post and Courier: “Foster children in South Carolina are too often sent to live in group homes instead of with foster families, a new report shows. About one in four foster children in the state are placed in group settings, compared with one in seven in the United States, the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation found. The report’s authors believe children thrive in family settings and that group homes can’t offer the ‘individualized nurturing’ that many of them need…”
N.J. one of top states in placing foster children with families, report says, By Brent Johnson, May 19, 2015, Star-Ledger: “A new report shows New Jersey ranks ninth in the nation in the percentage of foster children living with families instead of in group homes or institutions — a setting experts say is more beneficial to their health and well-being. The ‘Kids Count’ report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows 91 percent of New Jersey’s foster children live with families…”