The number of children in Ohio who are placed in foster care continues to increase as the . There鈥檚 a shortage of foster care families to meet the need.
More than 15,000 children are in Ohio鈥檚 foster care system but only 7,200 families are available to take them in. In some counties, more than half of the kids in protective custody are placed outside the county due to a lack of families. blames the opioid epidemic.
鈥淲e have today in Ohio a foster care crisis of immense proportions,鈥� he said.
DeWine says $1 million from the crime-victim fund will be put into programs in 10 counties to help existing foster and kinship care families, but not to recruit new ones.
But there鈥檚 a new webpage on the attorney general鈥檚 site with information on .
