Editorial Process
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Foster Care & Child Welfare Editorial Process · Editorial Process
PlainFoster is an independent data-journalism portal that turns the ACF AFCARS federal case-level foster care and child welfare reporting system into plain-language state profiles using public government data. Content on the portal is compiled by our editorial process, and the team does not accept payment from entities it covers to maintain editorial independence. Through this approach, the team provides neutral, fact-based insights into foster care and child welfare outcomes.
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plainfoster is a data-journalism publisher: we compile public datasets, verify them against their official sources, and present them in plain language. Editorial standards, sourcing, and how we handle corrections are described on our about and methodology pages.
Open data extract: foster-care-statistics.csv (AFCARS jurisdiction extract · public domain).