Children in foster care should stay for shorter periods of time and more of them need to be placed with family members, says a children’s advocacy group.
Across Pennsylvania, approximately 20,000 children spend an average of 16 months in foster care after suffering abuse or neglect, according to Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. Of the children in the foster care system, almost half, 46 percent, are age 13 or older. Thirty percent are 5 or younger and 24 percent are ages 6-12.
Every child deserves a forever family. No child should languish in the system without a safe, nurturing and permanent place to call home,” said Joan L. Benso, president and CEO of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. “While there are many things broken in the current child welfare system that must be addressed, there are family strengthening, reunification and adoption strategies in play, too, that deserve mention and, hopefully, further replication across the state.”
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