Check out the 2026 Prioritized Needs
Parental involvement refers to a caregiver’s active participation in a child’s emotional development, education, supervision, and well-being.
This includes:
Family stability
Foster care placements
Home visiting services
Kinship care support
Strong parental engagement is one of the most protective factors against abuse, delinquency, and academic failure.
Increased foster care numbers indicate family system strain.
Home visiting and parenting programs reduce abuse and improve school readiness.
Children disconnected from engaged caregivers are at higher risk for justice involvement.
Number of children in foster care
Placement sufficiency
Home visiting program availability
411 Children
No there are not enough placements
The number of children under 20 years of age receiving foster care on March 31, for the years specified.e
Parents as Teachers (PAT)
HIPPY
Early Head Start
Healthy Families America
Nurse Family Partnership
Family Check Up
Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mother
Child First
Alabama Kids Count (VOICES for Alabama’s Children)
Children in foster care (rate)
Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR)
Local foster care counts
Licensed foster homes