Services & Social Services

168Titles in the inventory

38From problem folders

0From solution folders

Detailed overview of the entire domain — including all subdivisions

Problems / Solutions

Help that is a person

The child as a case, the slot as a second rent, the elder in a room with no one in it. The unhoused person is on the Buildings pages. The empty cupboard is on the Agriculture pages. The overdose is on the Health pages. The schedule that will not release a caregiver is on the Employment pages.

Problem

The foster mill

AFCARS FY2024: 328,947 children in care. 15,379 aged out. Fewer than half of exits reunified.

Solution

Keep the kin

The aunt before the contractor. A child is not a case.

Problem

Childcare as a second rent

Child Care Aware 2025: $13,184 a year. 33 percent of a single parent’s median income. HHS still calls 7 percent affordable.

Solution

Care in the house

Kin. A neighbor. A week shared. The slot is not the only care.