Recent Demographic Trends in Foster Care

September 1, 2013
In September 2013, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) Office of Data, Analysis, Research, and Evaluation released Data Brief 2013-1 addressing trends in foster care. The report uses data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) to summarize those changes and provide new detail that identifies the geographic areas most responsible for these national trends. Information is provided comparing the number of children in foster care in Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 compared to FY 2012 by race, ethnicity, and the top ten counties accounting for the majority of the decline . . .