TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 11, 2023

Kids in Tennessee are more likely to be shuffled from one temporary home to another during their first year in foster care than foster kids living anywhere else in the nation, a new report from the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth has found. The commission, which is required by state law to issue an annual assessment of the welfare of the state’s children, writes about high levels of “foster care instability” in its latest report. Richard Kennedy, the commission’s executive director, said meeting these challenges will require more than lawmakers involvement. “We desperately need foster care homes,” he said. Tennessee Lookout explores the issue.