Report: 2020 State of Child Welfare: Protecting Children and Promoting Stable Families in PA


In an effort to improve Pennsylvania’s child welfare system, our 11th annual State of Child Welfare – a five-year analysis of how Pennsylvania fares with practices around child safety, placement and permanency – outlines policy recommendations aimed at improving the system and includes county-level data and statewide and geographic trends. In addition, this year’s report analyzes racial disparity and disproportionality across the child population.

State-Level Data Tables

County Tables

Sources

2020 Source Notes

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