At Issue with Mark Welp
Why Central Illinois Needs More Foster Families
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A shortage of foster families is leaving Central Illinois children without homes.
The need for foster families is especially significant in Central Illinois. Cathy Newbury of Let It Be Us explains how Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties have high numbers of youth in care and why a shortage of available foster homes can leave children sleeping in offices or placed in group and residential facilities.
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At Issue with Mark Welp is a local public television program presented by WTVP
At Issue with Mark Welp
Why Central Illinois Needs More Foster Families
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 42sVideo has Closed Captions
The need for foster families is especially significant in Central Illinois. Cathy Newbury of Let It Be Us explains how Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties have high numbers of youth in care and why a shortage of available foster homes can leave children sleeping in offices or placed in group and residential facilities.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipI want to talk about that a little bit later, how families can get more involved in this, but let's talk about the need.
How bad is the need, especially here in central Illinois?
- Well, just to go off of what you said, in Illinois, there are over 15,000 youth in care.
And the Tri-County area, Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford, are among the highest.
Peoria County is among the highest of having youth in care.
We do not have enough families for these youth, and what we're trying to prevent is for the kids to be sleeping in offices or maybe put into group homes or residential facilities because there's no home for them.
- Mm-hmm.
- And it's really not difficult to take a child in and help them.
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