Fostering the Future: Safety, Permanence and Well-Being for Children in Foster Care

September 05, 2005 Fostering the Future: Safety, Permanence and Well-Being for Children in Foster CareThe Pew Commission met intensively for a year. We were acutely aware of the context in which we worked -- a mounting federal deficit and severe fiscal constraints at the state level; deeply held philosophical and political views that threaten to divide people of good will on both sides of the aisle; and the fear in all quarters of unanticipated events -- an upsurge in drug use, for example -- that could send large numbers of children into foster care. Our recommendations offer an achievable plan for improving . . .