The State of Child Welfare
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Child safety is mission central for the child welfare system. In recent years Pennsylvania state government officials and their county partners who are responsible for the child welfare system have built on their commitment to child safety with a visionary and aggressive goal: to safely reduce the number of children in foster care and ensure that every child benefits from a safe, stable and permanent family. In our inaugural issue of the State of Child Welfare published last year we posed some fundamental questions about how well Pennsylvania state and county governments were doing to meet this goal. Now we have the data to assess our progress.

Press Release
Number of Children Living in Foster Care Declining in State (PDF)

Promising Child Welfare Practices in Pennsylvania
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Citations/Sources
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County Tables

ALL PA COUNTIES	Delaware County	Montgomery County
Adams County	Elk County	Montour County
Allegheny County	Erie County	Northampton County
Armstrong County	Fayette County	Northumberland County
Beaver County	Forest County	Perry County
Bedford County	Franklin County	Philadelphia County
Berks County	Fulton County	Pike County
Blair County	Greene County	Potter County
Bradford County	Huntingdon County	Schuylkill County
Bucks County	Indiana County	Snyder County
Butler County	Jefferson County	Somerset County
Cambria County	Juniata County	Sullivan County
Cameron County	Lackawanna County	Susquehanna County
Carbon County	Lancaster County	Tioga County
Centre County	Lawrence County	Union County
Chester County	Lebanon County	Venango County
Clarion County	Lehigh County	Warren County
Clearfield County	Luzerne County	Washington County
Clinton County	Lycoming County	Wayne County
Columbia County	McKean County	Westmoreland County
Crawford County	Mercer County	Wyoming County
Cumberland County	Mifflin County	York County
Dauphin County	Monroe County

Maps
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ABA Barriers to Permanency Project

AOPC Permanency Practice Initiative

Community Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs

Family Group Decision Making

Independent Living Programs

Integrated Children's Services Plan

Legal Services Initiative

National Governor's Association: PA Child Welfare Policy Academy to Achieve Safe Reduction

Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network

Media Coverage

Work harder to rescue children (PDF) Sunbury Daily Item - October 5, 2010

Child advocates laud Monroe and Pike anti-abuse, foster programs (PDF) Pocono Record - October 5, 2010

Schuylkill child welfare reports mixed (PDF) Hazleton Standard Speaker - October 1, 2010

Experts: Child welfare reports mixed in county (PDF) Pottsville Republican & Herald - September 26, 2010

Fewer children in foster care (PDF) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - September 25, 2010

County shows fewer children in foster care (PDF) Williamsport Sun-Gazette - September 24, 2010

Foster care placements falter in county and beyond (PDF) Lebanon Daily News - September 24, 2010

Report: Fewer children placed in foster care in York County (PDF) York Dispatch - September 24, 2010

Bucks and Montco get good marks from child welfare group (PDF) Doylestown Intelligencer - September 22, 2010

Positive trends seen in foster care statistics (PDF) Washington, PA Observer-Reporter - September 22, 2010

Fewer in foster care, says study (PDF) Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - September 22, 2010

Fewer children going into foster care in county, across Pennsylvania (PDF) Wilkes-Barre Citizen's Voice- September 22, 2010

Report: OCY placing fewer kids in foster care (PDF) Erie Times News - September 22, 2010

Report: Number Of Pa. Kids In Foster Care Declines (PDF) Associated Press - September 21, 2010

Fewer kids in foster care in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County (PDF) Pittsburgh Tribune Review - September 21, 2010

Local counties make significant progress in child welfare (PDF) Bradford Era - September 20, 2010