Florida’s Children Child Maltreatment

34,120 total children were served by the foster care system in FY 2022. [...] 22,493 in care as of 09/30/2022. During 2022, 11,088 children entered care and 11,627 exited. 3,931 children were adopted; 8,615 were waiting to be adopted. [...] 4.3% decrease in the number of children in care between 2021-2022. [...] 2,000 children were staying in group homes or institutions; 180 children classified as runaways. 4% of households had a grandparent living with a grandchild. [...] 44,634 total arrests for children under 18 in 2019. [...] 399,577 children in Florida were in the state Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2021 (13.46% decrease from 2020). [...] Child Poverty 1,108,000 children lived with parents who lacked secure employment in 2022 (26% of all children). [...] 38% of children lived in households with a high housing cost burden. [...] 239 children <19yrs were killed by a firearm in Florida in 2020. [...] Florida’s sum of expenditures for Social Service Block Grants in 2021 was $171,107,000 Florida is not a Medicaid expansion state.