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There's A Shortage of Foster Homes

Reported by Alecia Venkataraman, Michael Jorge, Toni Mitchell

  • Published: Dec 17, 2025, 3:07 PM EST
  • Updated: Dec 16, 2025, 11:20 AM EST
  • Filed from: United States
  • Duration: 30 sec
  • Views: 1.7K

This isn’t a runaway — it’s a foster placement ending. Rising living costs are shrinking the number of foster homes, leaving some kids with nowhere to go.

Credits

  • Alecia VenkataramanWriter/Director/team/aleciavenk
  • Curtiss PhilipsenVO Artist/team/curtiss-philipsen
  • Michael JorgeSenior Video Editor/team/michael-jorge
  • Toni MitchellSenior Reporter/team/toni-mitchell

Transcript

That backpack isn't packed for a trip.

It's everything he owns.

He's not a runaway.

He's a foster kid, and his placement just ended.

isn't a home for him yet.

Foster homes are disappearing due to rising costs.

So for some kids, there is no home to go back to.