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Tone: Hard data.Data StoriesTexas
Removals rose for the first time in three years. Four urban counties account for more than a third, and the rates tell a different story than the counts.
Tone: Hard data.Data StoriesLouisiana
4,487 children, 2,133 homes. In 54 of 64 parishes, fewer homes than children, and the biggest gaps are in Lafayette, Ouachita, East Baton Rouge and Caddo.
Tone: Hopeful.InspirationLouisiana
In four years, the number of newly certified foster homes more than doubled. The need is still bigger, but the trend is real.
Tone: Explainer.ExplainedTexas
Most Texas foster homes are verified by private child-placing agencies, and no public statewide total exists. That gap is itself a finding.
Tone: Hopeful.Take ActionTexas
You don't need it all figured out. You need an information meeting and an agency. Here is the path, straight from DFPS.
Tone: Hopeful.Take ActionLouisiana
DCFS's “A Home for Every Child” campaign starts with a short registration form. Here's the path, from the official source.