NY: New York kids in foster care could almost fill Times Union Center
WTEN – November 09, 2021
The Times Union Center can hold up to 17,500 people, according to its website. As of June 30, 2021, there were 14,749 kids in foster care, the majority of them 5-years-old or younger based on the four age groups represented in the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) Children in Care and Custody of Local Departments of Social Services second-quarter report. New York has not followed along with national trends. From 2010-2019 the number of foster care kids in the state fell from 26,725 to 16,086. Nationally, the number of kids in foster care rose from 407,856 to a high of 441,190 in 2017 then dipping back down to 426,613 in 2019, according to data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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