Pennsylvania
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN RAISE ME UP IN PHILADELPHIA!
The Philadelphia Department of Human Services would like to welcome and thank you for taking an interest in the Raise Me Up campaign. Through this Web site, you can learn about the issues facing children in foster care. And thanks to our many DHS partner organizations, you can see the various volunteer opportunities available to the public to improve the lives of vulnerable youth.
To further inform you, some statewide facts are listed below. To learn more about the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and our DHS partners, please click here.
The Philadelphia Department of Human Services would like to welcome and thank you for taking an interest in the Raise Me Up campaign. Through this Web site, you can learn about the issues facing children in foster care. And thanks to our many DHS partner organizations, you can see the various volunteer opportunities available to the public to improve the lives of vulnerable youth.
To further inform you, some statewide facts are listed below. To learn more about the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and our DHS partners, please click here.
FOSTER CARE FACTS BY THE NUMBERS*
| Children in out-of-home care | 19,974 |
| Children entering foster care | 12,684 |
| Children exiting foster care | 12,641 |
| Length of stay in foster care | mean 25.4 months, median 11.0 months |
| Children each year who age out | 995, 7.9% of all exits |
| * CWLA National Data Analysis System, AFCARS 2008 | |
