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Sometimes, finding foster care or adoptive parents for children can be a family affair

Called kinship placement, Philadelphia is well ahead of the national average, putting 51% of kids in dependent care and 57% in family foster care with kin.

(Left to Right) Chris Pruitt, Elijah Pruitt, 3, Bud Pruitt, Patty Pruitt, Brayden Leon, 6, Makayla Montgomery, 17, and Angelina Montgomery, 15, gather together at home, December 22, 2021.
(Left to Right) Chris Pruitt, Elijah Pruitt, 3, Bud Pruitt, Patty Pruitt, Brayden Leon, 6, Makayla Montgomery, 17, and Angelina Montgomery, 15, gather together at home, December 22, 2021.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer