Executive Briefings | May 9, 2019
Increasing Integration—Foster Care & Health Services
The number of children in foster care is rising—there was a 1.5% rise in youth in foster care, from 436,551 in 2016 to 442,995 in 2017 (see Number Of Youth In Foster Care Up 1.5% In A Year; 36% Of New Entries Due To Parental Drug Use). The increase in opioid addiction is one of the key contributors to this . . .