Native kids remain overrepresented in foster system

State plans to invest in prevention, kinship care
  • Jessica Eagle Star helps her son Noran across the monkey bars at the park in Winner Aug. 29, 2023. Reporter & Farmer | Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight
    Jessica Eagle Star helps her son Noran across the monkey bars at the park in Winner Aug. 29, 2023. Reporter & Farmer | Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight
    Native American children remain overrepresented in the South Dakota foster care system, accounting for 72.5 percent of the foster care population at the end of fiscal year 2024, according to new data.That’s down slightly from 74 percent at the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The state’s fiscal years run from July to June.The percentage is still about seven times greater than Indi...

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