Between 2020 and 2023, there were 2,154 cases of substantiated abuse and/or neglect of foster children in New York City. More than three-quarters of those cases were perpetrated by a member of the child’s birth family while the children were back home “visiting.” Foster kids being hurt while spending time with their families is not a new phenomenon. A 2018 report by New York City’s Department of Investigation found that a majority of the maltreatment incidents of foster kids happened while they were visiting their biological parents. Foster parents themselves were the perpetrators in just 19% of maltreatment incidents in 2017.
It is not known if the visits with the birth family were court-ordered or arranged by social workers or whether they were supervised.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/opinion/the-riskiest-situation-for-nyc-foster-kids-is-visiting-their-birth-parents/
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