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Within a year of being approved, nearly 40% of Oklahoma’s foster families close their homes to children in need of care. Only 8% of families are still caring for foster kids, or willing to do so ...
Oklahoma's foster care program continues to make improvements under federal monitoring, the latest in the area of mental health services
In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]
But some ― including foster care ― are still struggling. This is especially true in Oklahoma. In a state that is ranked 46th for child well-being , there is a massive shortage of families ...
In 2012 a settlement agreement was reached that required Oklahoma DHS to implement new standards of governing within the foster care system. Judge Gregory K. Frizzell approved the settlement. DHS is required to present good faith changes to a board of Co-neutrals appointed by the state and approved by the plaintiffs.
ASFA was enacted in a bipartisan manner to correct problems inherent within the foster care system that deterred adoption and led to foster care drift. Many of these problems had stemmed from an earlier bill, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, [1] although they had not been anticipated when that law was passed, as states decided to interpret that law as requiring biological ...