Data makes it clear that the number of Louisiana children in foster care is increasing. Louisiana does not have enough foster homes available to handle what lies ahead. Each month, the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services updates a statistical block on its website titled “DCFS By the Numbers.” At any point, the numbers indicate only the latest reporting…
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We are not where we could be, but after 14 years without an increase in the daily board rate for foster care, Louisiana’s support of foster caregivers improved this week. Louisiana increases the foster care board rate for first time since 2007 For the first time in more than a decade, Louisiana’s foster caregivers will receive an increase in the…