National Placement Crisis

• 2016, Class Action Lawsuit in Oregon, due to children sleeping in hotels or offices because of lack of other options.

• States must expand array of placements for children with the most serious needs.

• Mental Health Crisis – CDC 2020 Data from March 2020 to October 2020 compared with 2019.

• ED Visits Increased 24% for children ages 5 to 11.

• ED Visits Increased 31% for children ages 12 to 17.

• Residential Treatment facilities declined 30% from 2012 to 2020.

Ohio Placement Crisis

• 2,088 in Congregate Care (Wayne 19)

• 1,234 for more than one year/less than 2 (Wayne 3)

• 225 for more than two years/less than 5 (Wayne 1)

• 72 for more than five years (Wayne 1)

• 78 children placed out of state

Wayne: January 22, 2024; State: July 23, 2023

Wayne County’s Placement Crisis

• Frontline staff contacts over 200 providers for multi-system youth.

• Multi-System Youth – Children who require services from more than one child-serving system, including children services, developmental disabilities, mental health and addiction, and juvenile justice.

• Wayne County CSB’s Foster Homes Decreased in number from 52 in 2019 to 25 in 2024

• Family & Children First Council – Diversion, and Multi-System Youth Funding, and Asha House Partnership

• 19 Wayne County Children in Residential Treatment on January 22, 2024.

• The cost for a residential placement increased from an average of $360.60 in 2023 to $428.38 in 2024— and 18.79% increase