Child Welfare System Performance Mixed in First Year of Statewide Community-Based Care
June 2006 Child Welfare System Performance Mixed in First Year of Statewide Community-Based Care Report No. 06-05 Since the transition to community-based care, foster children are obtaining permanent placements more quickly, but high percentages of children continue to be abused and must return to foster care. Increased numbers of foster children also experience frequent moves among foster care placements. For the most part, community-based care has had a positive effect on state foster home capacity, with more foster homes and beds now available statewide and fewer foster homes over their licensed capacity. However, foster parents continue . . .
