Month: March 2025

Written by: Stacy Shwartz Olagundoye & Melissa Connelly Racial disparities persist in California’s Child Welfare System. Black and African American youth in California’s foster care are overrepresented (21%) when compared to California’s 2022 total population of Black youth (5%)[1]. This trend persists across the United States, where 22% of the total youth in foster care…