One nonprofit in Colorado says it is seeing an average of 10 children a day enter the foster care system even as more homes are needed. Other states face a shortage of foster care homes, too.
Colorado is facing a foster care shortage along with more than a dozen other states. One nonprofit in Colorado said there aren’t enough families willing to take in the increasing number of children they're seeing enter the foster care system this year. This comes as a lot of children are winding up in foster care across the United States.
The Griffith Centers is a nonprofit headquartered in Denver with offices in Colorado Springs, Greeley and Grand Junction. Chantelle Johnson is director of the Griffith Centers’ foster care program. Johnson told Fox News the program needs more foster parents. 'There is just a shortage — whether it's a lack of education, a lack of understanding or just a lack of resources for these foster families,' Johnson said.
In Colorado, they are seeing an average of 10 children a day enter the foster care system. Lacy Ruffin, a foster care home supervisor for the Griffith Centers, said she sees the difference that having a safe home can make to a young adult’s development. 'We had a child that was in placement, that came to foster parents nonverbal — could not explain anything,' said Ruffin. She said the placement team has 'been working with her she is able to speak in full sentences now.
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