- Foster care news good and bad, By Paul Hammel, December 15, 2009, Omaha World-Herald: “While fewer Nebraska children were in foster care in 2008 and a record number of foster kids were adopted, the percentage of children who re-enter the system after being returned to family members was on the rise. And there are serious concerns about the lack of drug treatment for parents and the state’s move to privatize service delivery to kids in out-of-home care. Those are the good news-bad news highlights of the 2008 annual report by the Nebraska Foster Care Review Board, which was released today…”
- Report: Percent of children returning to foster care increasing, By JoAnne Young, December 15, 2009, Lincoln Journal Star: “There was good news in 2008 about children in foster care. The number of children dropped to 4,620, compared to 5,043 the year before. And 572 — 100 more than the year before — found permanent adoptive homes. But in the middle of the good news was a disturbing trend: The percentage of children who returned to foster care increased to 41 percent in 2008, according to the Foster Care Review Board’s 2008 annual report. The report highlighted the need for more funding for mental health services for kids traumatized because they are removed from their homes and parents and then moved around in foster care…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty