Report: 2021 State of Child Welfare: Navigating the Uncertainty of the Pandemic to Strengthen the System – December 2021


In an effort to improve Pennsylvania’s child welfare system, our 12th annual State of Child Welfare – a five-year analysis of how Pennsylvania fares with practices around child safety, placement and permanency – raises concerns about the need to strengthen the child welfare system as it uses data from 2020 – only the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic – that shows decreases in child protective services reporting and the number of children placed in foster care statewide.

State-Level Data Tables

County Tables

Sources

2021 Source Notes

Cover Image: Report: 2021 State of Child Welfare: Navigating the Uncertainty of the Pandemic to Strengthen the System – December 2021