Do New Foster Care Rules Move The Needle?

Over the last few years I've watched the child welfare system move away from congregate care to an increase in the use of foster homes. This has meant a reduction in non-family-based residential settings (like group homes), and an increase in kinship care (see Child Welfare System Is Changing, But Slowly).

Now, there is another change in the works for how foster homes will be licensed. The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is planning to adopt new rules for licensing foster homes and has proposed model licensing standards, so that by April of 2019, all . . .