Thread by @SarahUnsicker

I want to thank @MO_Independent for this reporting. It is good and important reporting, and I thank them for shining a light on missing foster kids in Missouri.

And other states should have picked it up.
missouriindependent.com/2022/05/23/%e2…

No doubt 1,780 missing kids is bad. That is 4% of the total of foster kids during this period that went missing.

But the study was about how states report and search for missing kids.
oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/re…

#Kansas, #Maryland, #Nebraska, #NewYork, and #Ohio each reported 7% of their foster kids went missing during the same period. SEVEN PERCENT.

A quick google search didn't show any news reporting raising concerns mentioning missing foster kids in these states.

A number of other states reported 5-6% of foster kids went missing during the same time period.

Again, I commend @MO_Independent, and especially @Tessa_Weinberg, for keeping the spotlight on missing foster kids.

Foster kids belong to all of us, and we should all care.

I hope other states, and other reporters, do the same.

Some backstory: Missouri has a heightened interest in this issue because of an HHS report from last year. New reporting suggests Missouri is not an outlier, so I suggest people from other states also look at the report to see how their state can improve. oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OE…