{"id":214484,"date":"2019-12-04T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=214484"},"modified":"2019-12-04T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T21:06:23","slug":"fewer-children-foster-care-more-forever-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fewer-children-foster-care-more-forever-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Last year, fewer children remained in U.S. foster care and more found forever homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/media\/press\/2019\/new-data-show-1st-foster-care-decrease-since-2011-record-number-of-adoptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compiled<\/a> from the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF) reporting through fiscal year 2018 reveals that &#8220;the number of children in foster care, although still very high, dropped for the first year since 2011,&#8221; and there have been a record number of\u00a0adoptions.\u00a0Despite room for major improvement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptioncouncil.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/your-guide-to-2018s-foster-care-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council for Adoption<\/a>\u00a0(NCFA) called the report good news due to an 11% increase in adoptions over the course of five consecutive years, and a six percent increase in just one year &#8212;\u00a0from\u00a059,500 adoptions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2017<\/a>\u00a0to 63,100 adoptions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he highest number of children in [foster] care in the 21-year history of the report was 567,000 children in FY 1999,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptioncouncil.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/your-guide-to-2018s-foster-care-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCFA<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_214489\" style=\"width: 753px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214489\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214489\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Trends-in-Foster-Care-and-Adoption-2009-to-2018-Admin-of-Children-and-Families.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Trends in Foster Care and Adoption 2009 to 2018 (Chart: Admin of Children and Families )\" width=\"743\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Trends-in-Foster-Care-and-Adoption-2009-to-2018-Admin-of-Children-and-Families.jpg 743w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Trends-in-Foster-Care-and-Adoption-2009-to-2018-Admin-of-Children-and-Families-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Trends-in-Foster-Care-and-Adoption-2009-to-2018-Admin-of-Children-and-Families-700x512.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Trends-in-Foster-Care-and-Adoption-2009-to-2018-Admin-of-Children-and-Families-500x365.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-214489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trends in Foster Care and Adoption 2009 to 2018 (Chart: Admin of Children and Families )<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to ACF, the data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/research-data-technology\/statistics-research\/afcars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFCARS<\/a>) showed that the number of children in care at the end of FY 2018 had decreased from 441,000 reported end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2017<\/a>\u00a0to 437,300 end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>, the number of children entering care also dropped from 270,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2017<\/a> to to 263,000,&#8221; ACF reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOSTER CARE ADOPTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adoptions for FY 2018 within the U.S. child welfare agency increased to the &#8220;largest number of adoptions reported by AFCARS since AFCARS data collection began in FY 1995.&#8221;\u00a0A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/cb\/trends_fostercare_adoption_09thru18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a> of trends in foster care and adoption revealed that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The annual number of finalized adoptions remained relatively flat during FYs 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.<\/li>\n<li>FY 2015\u2019s 53,600 adoptions represented a nearly 6 percent increase over FY 2014\u2019s 50,700.<\/li>\n<li>Each year since FY 2015, adoptions have increased to a historic high of 63,100 in FY 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Between FYs 2009 and 2015, adoption has remained very stable, making up on average 21% of the discharges from foster care each year.<\/li>\n<li>Beginning with FY 2016, there has been at least a percentage point increase in adoptions as a percentage of foster care discharges to a high of 25 percent during FY 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A review of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/trends-in-foster-care-and-adoption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state-by-state data<\/a>\u00a0by NCFA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptioncouncil.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/your-guide-to-2018s-foster-care-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/cb\/afcars_state_data_tables_09thru18.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>, New Hampshire\u00a0nearly doubled its adoptions in the past year. NCFA also pointed out that Alabama, Kansas, Minnesota, and Montana &#8220;made significant strides in increasing adoptions in FY 2018.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_214494\" style=\"width: 859px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214494\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214494\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ACF-Adopted-from-Foster-Care-FY2009-thru-2018.jpg\" alt=\"Image: ACF Adopted from Foster Care FY2009 thru 2018\" width=\"849\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ACF-Adopted-from-Foster-Care-FY2009-thru-2018.jpg 849w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ACF-Adopted-from-Foster-Care-FY2009-thru-2018-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ACF-Adopted-from-Foster-Care-FY2009-thru-2018-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ACF-Adopted-from-Foster-Care-FY2009-thru-2018-462x700.jpg 462w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ACF-Adopted-from-Foster-Care-FY2009-thru-2018-500x757.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-214494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ACF Adopted from Foster Care FY2009 thru 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But despite reuniting several of these children with their biological parents, ACF warned, &#8220;Although the number of adoptions in the most recent year set a new record, the number of children waiting to be adopted increased to 125,400 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2018<\/a> compared to 123,800 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2017<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/media\/press\/2019\/new-data-show-1st-foster-care-decrease-since-2011-record-number-of-adoptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACF<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Approximately 94,400 children were removed from their home in FY 2018 because of parental substance abuse. Neglect continues to be the main reason why a child is removed from a home and placed into foster care. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2018<\/a> 163,500 children were removed from their home because of neglect, a decrease from nearly 167,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/cb\/resource\/afcars-report-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY 2017<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5XnkknJtKjk\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/media\/press\/2019\/new-psas-showcase-heartwarming-moments-for-adopted-teens-and-their-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> that &#8220;[t]he number of children waiting for adoption has increased over the last five years, from 106,600 in fiscal year (FY) 2014 to 125,400 in FY 2018.&#8221; About one in five of those children waiting to be adopted are teenagers. Sadly, &#8220;[t]eenagers between the ages of 15- to 17-years-old wait on average twice as long for an adoptive home, compared to children who are 14 years of age and younger,&#8221; the report states.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to promote adoption, the agency has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> a number of Public Service Announcements (PSAs):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIpMYx3Biz8\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But ACF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/cb\/trends_fostercare_adoption_09thru18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clarified<\/a>\u00a0that even though numbers have changed, the percentage of children waiting to be adopted has not:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>As numbers of children in care were declining, the numbers waiting for adoption also declined. As the year end count began to increase as it has in the last six years, the numbers of children waiting for adoption has also grown going from a low in FY 2012 of 100,000 up to 125,000 in FY 2018. <strong>However, the percentage of children who are defined as\u00a0waiting to be adopted has remained stable over the last decade, averaging between 26 and 28% of children in care on the\u00a0last day<\/strong>. [emphasis added]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cd42W_n9fBU\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptioncouncil.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/your-guide-to-2018s-foster-care-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCFA<\/a>\u00a0also reported that:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>The number of youth who aged out of care fell a significant 11% in just the past year.<\/strong>\u00a0At 17,844, the number of emancipated youth is now the lowest since FY 1998, which was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/cb\/afcarsreport12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first year<\/a>\u00a0that data was collected by the AFCARS report. This significant 20-year low is in part due to increased efforts to find adoptive families for older youth as well as efforts by states to expand foster care services to the age of 21.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch one family&#8217;s story of how they began to foster to adopt:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aiSVwjg9G6Y\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the website <a href=\"https:\/\/adoptuskids.org\/meet-the-children\/search-for-children\/state-photolists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdoptUsKids.org<\/a>, many of the children that age out of foster care &#8220;will not have anyone they can call for help, for advice, for a ride when their car breaks down. It\u2019s disturbing, but probably not surprising, that outcomes for youth who age out of foster care are often poor. Studies show that they are at increased risk for homelessness, young parenthood, low educational attainment, high unemployment rates, and other adverse adult outcomes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To help these vulnerable children find their forever homes, <a href=\"https:\/\/adoptuskids.org\/meet-the-children\/search-for-children\/state-photolists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdoptUsKids.org<\/a>\u00a0has several tools, including thousands of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adoptuskids.org\/_app\/child\/search.aspx\">children photolisted<\/a>\u00a0along with state by state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptuskids.org\/adoption-and-foster-care\/how-to-adopt-and-foster\/state-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adoption and foster care<\/a> information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and 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