HEALTHY GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT IN CHILD WELFARE

SUMMARY

All babies, children and youth in foster care are quite literally our kids, under the care and oversight of our community’s child welfare systems. Histories of maltreatment and futures without certain permanency make formidable obstacles to healthy growth and development. Until every child has a safe and loving family, we must ensure effective and adequate supports and services for this particularly vulnerable population so they have the best opportunity to heal and flourish.