Patterns Of Foster Care Placement & Family Reunification Following Child Maltreatment Investigations

This report was released in November 2017 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The report was written by Cecelia Casanueva; Chelsea Burfeind and Stephen Tueller, of RTI International. They analyzed how frequently children who are subjects of child protection investigations are placed into foster care and how frequently those in foster care are then returned to parents’ care . . .