No children pulled into the Kansas foster care system have slept in offices so far this month.
Having zero kids sleep in offices is significant for the state child welfare agency, which saw 85 kids crashing on cots or couches back in April. The number of kids left without a placement in a group or foster home was down to single digits in June and July.
At the same time, the overall number of kids in foster care has also been dropping by a few dozen kids per month since April. But there are still 7,500 children in out-of-home care.
And those numbers could tick up again as kids go back to school, and to school officials, who have to report abuse that can result in a child being removed from their home.
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