Pa.'s Black youth more likely to be in, stay in foster care: Report

Compared to the rest of the nation, Pennsylvania’s African-American youth age 14 and older are more likely to experience foster care than youth in other states, according to a new report.

Approximately 43 percent of Black youths in Pennsylvania were in foster care in 2016, compared to 28 percent in the U.S., according to the report from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private philanthropy organization devoted to improving the lives of children and their families. And 33 percent of youths ages 14 and older were in foster care in the state, compared with 25 percent across the U.S.

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