➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: HHS Now Able to Definitively Link More Foster Children to More Parental Substance Abuse
Youth Today – December 15, 2016
New data in a recent Health and Human Services report shows both that the number of youth in the foster care system has risen for three straight years, and that the main culprit is parental drug abuse.
Report: The AFCARS Report: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/afcarsreport23.pdf
http://youthtoday.org/2016/12/hhs-now-able-to-definitively-link-more-foster-children-to-more-parental-substance-abuse/