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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 works to boost positive outcomes for foster children aging out of system

Missouri works to boost positive outcomes for foster children aging out of system

by Alisa Nelson | May 26, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt

About 450 foster children age out of the system each year in Missouri. They can remain in foster care until the age of 21. Ann Bockman, a field support manager with the Missouri Children’s Division, said the state noticed that when some of these young people left the...

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