925 children in Gauteng, South Africa have been left in institutions, primarily child and youth care centres (CYCC), as they await placement into foster care by the Gauteng social development department, according to this article. "According to the department’s third quarter report, the delay in placing children in need of foster care in foster care homes was due to the delay in placing adverts and obtaining relevant reports from psychologists and psychiatrists, as well as obtaining the relevant legal documents from prospective foster parents," says the article. Furthermore, the department's 11 foster care social workers were uverwhelmed by "unsustainable" caseloads.
