Explore data about state approaches, children in care, and how money is invested in foster care vs. preventive and permanency services.

The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) collects case-level information on all children in foster care and those who have been adopted with title IV-E agency involvement.

Resource parents provide love and support, and many former foster youth go on to graduate college and rise above their traumas and struggles.