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Missouri foster kid numbers decrease, but more work needs to be done

Missouri foster kid numbers decrease, but more work needs to be done

by Anthony Morabith | Sep 13, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt

Progress is being made in the Missouri Office of Children’s Division. When Darrell Missey became director of the division, the number of kids in foster care was over 14,200, more than double the national average on a per capita basis. “The number today that sort of...

Missouri hopes to lower its foster care rate through rebuilding effort

by Alisa Nelson | Jan 30, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News

Missouri has nearly 13,400 children in foster care – making the state’s foster care rate one of the highest in the country. Only about 5,000 foster homes currently exist to care for these kids, sometimes leading to the separation of siblings. A study by a law...

Missouri’s Children’s Division has hundreds of open jobs – and the boots on the ground are ‘drowning’

by Alisa Nelson | Apr 5, 2022 | Health / Medicine, News

The new director of the Missouri Children’s Division says due to severe staffing shortages, the division is “treading water” and it is doing its best to “stem the bleeding.” During a legislative committee hearing today, Director Darrell Missey said the division, which...

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