25% Of Children Reunified With Family After Foster Care Suffer Subsequent Maltreatment

In 2008 and 2009, approximately 24.6% of children who were reunited with family after a stay in foster care were involved in a subsequent maltreatment report. Among children who were reunified, those with a maltreatment re-report after out-of-home placement were more likely to have an initial substantiated maltreatment report, have a primary caregiver with a history of abuse and neglect, and experience more time out-of-home than those without another report. Children were less likely to have a maltreatment re-report if they received a medical exam and other non-intensive family services.

These findings . . .