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CHILD WELFARE WORKFORCE
FCFC's CEO Barry Chaffkin recently spoke with Rise Magazine about child welfare workforce turnover and the devastating impact it has on children, youth, and families. You can READ THE ARTICLE HERE. Your continued support of FCFC helps strengthen the child welfare workforce, so that more children, youth, and families receive consistent service and achieve permanence. Thank you.
What's Going On in Child Welfare
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- There are nearly 400,000 children in foster care in the United States.
- The average length of stay for a child in foster care is 26.7 months.
- More than 30,000 youth in foster care age out or run away each year, often leaving them without ongoing connections to family or caring adults.
- The average turnover rate was 40% for front-line workers in New York City foster care in 2011.
- There are more than 114,000 youth in care awaiting adoption.
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