Hello, everyone and Happy Friday! My name is Taylor, and I’m bringing y’all this week’s QWeekly straight off the press with the latest headlines.
You may notice I am sending this week’s newsletter way earlier in the day than I normally would. That’s because I am currently in Europe for the next three weeks, so for the duration of my trip, I will include some fun pictures. This week’s photo is my current view as I write this newsletter: an eighth floor balcony in the Hotel Rila in Sofia, Bulgaria. Fun fact: this hotel was the official hotel for the Communist Party during the peak of the Soviet Union, so needless to say, this place has its fair share of untold stories.
Speaking of untold stories, in this week’s edition of Qnotes, we talk about the story of the foster care system.
The latest data from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services shows a decline in the number of children in the system at around 570,000, but that’s not the case in every state.
North Carolina is one state seeing an increase in the number of children in its foster care system. In 2013, the number of children being served was 13,401. In 2022, it grew to 15,377. In Mecklenburg County, there are an estimated 400 to 500 children in the county foster care system, and now more than ever, there’s a growing need for foster parents.
You can read more below.
The number of children in foster care has shrunk across the nation, but not in North Carolina.
Foster care in the United States over the last decade has seen a shift in the amount of children entering its system. In 2013, 633,000 children were in foster care and that number continued to increase until 2018 when it reached its peak at 689,000. The latest data from the U.S. Dept. of Health and […]
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