On an almost daily basis, there are headlines about parents who have had their lives tragically cut short from opioid overdoses. While not all, far too many of their children end up in the foster care system. Drug abuse by a parent represented 36% of all placements into foster care in 2018 (HHS, Children’s Bureau, Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, 2019).
The unfortunate reality is that many of these children are not returning to their birth families because it is simply not safe. More than 125,000 children are waiting to be adopted from foster care, a 23% increase since 2012. The child welfare system is being stretched far beyond its capacity — and if not addressed, this problem has far-reaching impacts.
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