Key Statistics
The following data are from the fiscal year 2023 report from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System.
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As of September 30, 2023, there were 36,007 legally free children or youth under age 18 in foster care with a permanency plan for adoption.
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Approximately two-thirds of children in foster care in the United States have a sibling in care.
23%
As of September 30, 2023, 23 percent of legally free children, or 10,503 children, were not living in a family-like setting. (Family-like settings include foster homes, kinship homes, or living with parents. Nonfamily settings include group homes, independent living, and other settings.)
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