More foster children in Virginia are being placed in family settings than group homes, but the state lags behind the rest of the nation in placing children with relatives, a practice advocates say improves the child’s chances of finding a permanent home, according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The philanthropic foundation’s 10-year data snapshot released Tuesday showed Virginia placed 7 percent of children in the foster care system with relatives, known as kinship care, in 2017, compared with the national average of 32 percent. Virginia’s percentage has stayed stagnant, with 7 percent of children in kinship care in 2007.
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