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Future of Children > Children, Families, and Foster Care: Analysis and Recommendations (page 6 of 7) Conclusion
(6 of 7) The work of healing
children and families in foster care starts with the child welfare system,
but it does not end there. Children in foster care are the nation's children,
and we all bear a collective responsibility to ensure their healthy development
while in state care. We can and should do more to return these children
to wholeness, but it will require everyone who touches the lives of children
in foster care—friends, families, communities, caseworkers, courts,
and policymakers—to claim shared responsibility for the quality
of those lives. Reforming the child welfare system requires all of these
actors to build bonds and create a strong web of support for these vulnerable
children. Reform is not a destination —it is an ongoing process
of organizational self-examination, evaluation of practice, careful public
oversight, and vigilant attention to outcomes. The route to reform is
clear. It is our collective responsibility to choose the path of renewal
and ensure a more hopeful and brighter future for all children in foster
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