Black, Indigenous, and multiracial children are overrepresented in foster care compared to the proportion of Black, Indigenous, and multiracial children in the general child population.

Although less prevalent than nonrelative foster placements, child welfare systems have begun relying more on kinship care placements in the last decade.

During the Fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year, 43 percent of TCUs offered parenting students on-campus child care support, compared to 21 percent of other degree-granting colleges and universities.