There are more children in foster care
As the opioid epidemic has spread, so has the number of children placed in foster care as a result of their parents' drug usage.
12/21/20221 min read
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According to data from the Administration for Children and Families, the number of adolescents in foster care in the United States was at a record high in September 2017. This is up 1.5 percent from 2016 and up 11.6 percent from 2012, when the number started to grow after more than a decade of decline.
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In 2017, 15% of children were placed in foster care as a result of their parents' drug addiction, comparable to 15% in 2000. In 2016, foster care rates increased in five of the six states with the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths, with West Virginia having the highest rates of both.
sixty percent
In 2017, 40% of children under the age of 5 were placed in foster care as a result of their parents' drug usage, comparable to 40% in 2000. In comparison to 2000, these children were 9 percent more likely to be white and 14 percent more likely to be from the southern United States.
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