Wulczyn abstract, vol. All rights reserved. A lack of national data has made it difficult to identify the sources of this growth. In this study, we use administrative data from New York State and Illinois to demonstrate how the growth of the foster care population is related to an increase in admissions, especially among children under the age of 10.
Special attention is paid to the rate of placement among infants.
We also describe a dramatic increase in the number of children placed in relative foster care. The tendency of children to remain with relatives for longer periods of time contributed significantly to a drop in the number of children discharged.