One of the State’s most serious responsibilities is to ensure that children are safe when their parents cannot, or will not, provide for their basic physical and emotional needs.
It is known that a range of family problems are likely to increase the likelihood that children will become involved in the state’s child welfare system, including poverty, substance abuse, and domestic violence. To prevent child abuse and neglect, it will be critical to address those pressing problems, and provide adequate supports to families under stress.
Each year:
• Approximately 160,000 of the state’s children--6 out of every 100 children--are living in families that are investigated by the State for potential child abuse or neglect.
• Nearly 30,000 children are found to be victims of child maltreatment.
• Approximately 20,000 children are in foster care in Michigan at any point in time.
Michigan’s Children works with policymakers and community leaders to advance public policies and programs that can help prevent child abuse and neglect. To link to legislation moving through the process in Michigan related to child welfare, click here.
Update on the Fostering Connections to Success Act
Posted 9-15-09
Michigan's Children looks at how children have fared in the year since President Bush signed into law the Fostering Connections to Success Act and Increasing Adoptions Act (H.R. 6307), which was enacted as a response to the number of foster youth in Michigan, and across the country, who lack permanent homes, experience negative health outcomes, and drop out of school - issues that harm their prospects to transition successfully into adulthood.
To read the Sept. 15, 2009 Issues for Michigan's Children report, click here.
To read an analysis of the bill, click here.
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