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Mississippi
2,989 children in foster care
State population 2,291,088
only 59% of federal dollars flexibility
Missouri
11,681 children in foster care
State population 5,800,310
only 21% of federal dollars flexibility
Montana
2,030 children in foster care
State population 935,670
only 15% of federal dollars flexibility
Nebraska
6,292 children in foster care
State population 1,758,787
only 14% of federal dollars flexibility
Nevada
4,050 children in foster care
State population 2,414,807
only 15% of federal dollars flexibility
New Hampshire
1,236 children in foster care
State population 1,309,940
only 10% of federal dollars flexibility
New Jersey
SPONSOR
12,702 children in foster care
State population 8,717,925
only 19% of federal dollars flexibility
New Mexico
2,150 children in foster care
State population 1,928,384
only 25% of federal dollars flexibility
New York
33,445 children in foster care
State population 19,254,630
only 10% of federal dollars flexibility
North Carolina
10,077 children in foster care
State population 8,683,242
only 22% of federal dollars flexibility
North Dakota
1,314 children in foster care
State population 636,677
only 12% of federal dollars flexibility
Ohio
18,004 children in foster care
State population 11,464,042
only 9% of federal dollars flexibility
Oklahoma
10,572 children in foster care
State population 3,547,884
only 20% of federal dollars flexibility
Oregon
10,096 children in foster care
State population 3,641,056
only 16% of federal dollars flexibility
Pennsylvania
21,944 children in foster care
State population 12,429,616
only 6% of federal dollars flexibility
Rhode Island
2,414 children in foster care
State population 1,076,189
only 20% of federal dollars flexibility
South Carolina
4,855 children in foster care
State population 4,255,083
only 54% of federal dollars flexibility
South Dakota
1,600 children in foster care
State population 775,933
only 25% of federal dollars flexibility
Tennessee
9,590 children in foster care
State population 5,962,959
only 35% of federal dollars flexibility
Texas
24,529 children in foster care
State population 22,859,968
only 23% of federal dollars flexibility
Utah
2,108 children in foster care
State population 2,469,585
only 20% of federal dollars flexibility
Vermont
1,432 children in foster care
State population 623,050
only 10% of federal dollars flexibility
Virginia
6,869 children in foster care
State population 7,567,465
only 14% of federal dollars flexibility
Washington
9,368 children in foster care
State population 6,287,759
only 13% of federal dollars flexibility
West Virginia
3,990 children in foster care
State population 1,816,856
only 27% of federal dollars flexibility
Wisconsin
7,812 children in foster care
State population 5,536,201
only 13% of federal dollars flexibility
Wyoming
1,209 children in foster care
State population 509,294
only 40% of federal dollars flexibility
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Martin Luther King