Facts & Stats

  20112012201320142015 
Number of Children in the VA foster care system 4,8464,5794,3274,597 4,735 
The Annie E. Casey Foundation. (June, 2017). Children in Foster Care.


On January 14, 2015 Virginia Beach's Wavy 10 news channel published a news broadcast and posted on their website that the city is in need of Foster Parents. According to VB's Human Services Department there a 212 children needing placement, but only 68 registered foster homes. 


 

 2011

 2012

 2013

 2014

 2015

Number in foster care on September 30 of the FY

397,605

397,301   

 401,213

 414,429

 427,910

Number entered foster care during FY

 251,450

 251,354

 254,712

 264,555

 269,509

Number exited foster care during FY

 247,543

 239,535

 238,930

 237,554

243,060

Number waiting to be adopted on September 30 of the FY

 106,440

 101,935

 104,387

 108,189

 111,820

Number waiting to be adopted whose parental rights (for all living parents) were terminated during FY

61,904

 58,187

 58,638

 61,070

 62,378

Number adopted with public child welfare agency involvement during FY 

 50,913

 52,025

 50,820

 50,625

 53,549

The AFCARS Report. (2016, June 30).
 

The department of child protective services (CPS) plays a huge role in the falling number for foster/adoptive parents. Many factors working against CPS and contributing to the reduction in homes for children in need: a lack of loyalty, a lack of respect, discouragement, inadequate support, inadequate services, and differing laws and regulations throughout the system.
Siegel, J. (2011, May 1). Increasing Retention of Connecticut's Foster Families | Connecticut Voices for Children.
 
 
20 to 30 percent of foster parents quit every year, with only half of every new foster parent group completing their first child placement.